AA Thought for the Day

September 29, 2007

Serenity

I came into my apartment and I suddenly collapsed on the floor.
I lay there breathing kind of heavily and I said to myself,
"Oh, to hell with serenity. I don't care if it ever comes."
And I meant it. And do you know what happened?
All of a sudden the craving to find serenity utterly evaporated
-- and in its place there was serenity.
The trouble was the search . . . looking out there for what was right here.
You know, we only have this given second. There's always now.
Once I realized that, serenity became mine.

Reprinted from The Best of the Grapevine (Vol. 3), Page 142, from the Grapevine. Reprinted with permission of The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.


Thought to Ponder....

I've learned a little more about serenity.
It was inside all the time.


Recovery Related Acronym

Coffee Pot

K I S S = Keep It Serenely Simple.


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