AA Thought for the Day
August 24, 2007
The Shield
Like other men and women, we AA's look with deep apprehension
upon the vast power struggle about us,
a struggle in myriad forms that invade every level,
tearing society apart.
I think we AA's are fortunate to be acutely aware
that such forces must never be ruling among us, lest we perish altogether.
The Tradition of personal anonymity and no honors at the public level
is our protective shield.
We dare not meet the power temptation naked.
- Bill W., declining honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Yale University for his distinguished service to mankind, February 1954.
Reprinted from The Language of the Heart, Page 207, from the Grapevine. Reprinted with permission of The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.
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