The Promises(1)
If we are painstaking about this phase of
our development, we will be amazed before we are half way
through. We
are going to know a new
freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish
to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and
we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale he have
gone, we will see how our
experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and
self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things
and gain interest in our
fellows. Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude
and outlook upon life will change. Fear of people and of economic
insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively know how to handle
situations which used to
baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what
we could not
do for ourselves.
Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fullfilled
among us - sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always
materialize if we work for them.
(1)From Alcoholics Anonymous,
Frouth Edition, Pages 83 & 84, Copyright 2008 Alcoholics Anonymous
World Services Inc., All Rights Reserved.
