AA Thought for the Day

June 24, 2007

Humility

Humility is not humiliation, though humiliation could bring us to it.
It was not gratitude, though humility could bring us gratitude.
For me, humility relates to power:
it is the recognition and acceptance of the limits of my own power.
I therefore began to understand that humility
was indeed the foundation of all the Steps,
and so could be a healer of pain, a way to spiritual freedom,
and a turning point in our lives.

Reprinted from Box 1980: The AA Grapevine, July 2007, Page 12. Reprinted with permission of The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

Many people haven't even a nodding acquaintance
with humility as a way of life.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

T R U S T = Try Relying Upon Steps and Traditions.


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