Daily
Reflections reading March 25th
A Full And Thankful Heart
I
try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot
entertain certain conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one’s heartbeat must
surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion that we can ever know. AS
BILL SEES IT, p. 37
I
believe that we in Alcoholics Anonymous are fortunate in that we are constantly
reminded of the need to be grateful and of how important gratitude is in our
sobriety. I am truly grateful for the sobriety God has given me through the
A.A. program and am glad I can give back what was given to me freely. I am
grateful not only for sobriety, but for the quality of life my sobriety has
brought. God has been gracious enough to give me sober days and a life blessed
with peace and contentment, as well as the ability to give and receive love,
and the opportunity to serve others — in our Fellowship, my family and
community. For all of this, I have “a full and thankful heart.”
© Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
My thoughts on March 25th Reading
A full and thankful Heart WOW! YES! Full of love and free
from anger, fear, resentments, guilt, shame and remorse, thankful to my
wonderful God for filling it with hope and freeing me to be who He intended me
to be
Gratitude is one of the action words we need to look at, it
is so easy to say I am grateful but it would be more humbling to take action
and show others how grateful I am God has given me a gift and gave me a
fellowship where I can show how truly thankful I really am
When someone reaches out I should be ready to try to help
them, this does not mean I have to carry the mess of their disease, just the
message show them the way I have been blessed with this gift because when I try
to give this gift to others
I receive it back ten fold this is a gift that keeps on
given back to all who try to give it away today I am thankful to have been able
to walk thru my fears and hopelessness to find a new live, this required
looking at my past I am grateful that my past will always be with me
Nothing can destroy any of my memories they will always be
there to show me what it was like and what its like today I am grateful my old
life will always remind me how much I have changed to becoming a loving useful
member of this fantastic program
I am grateful I became a part of something and today I will
not be separate from it so action is needed to show my gratitude today for all
I have been given by people like you I do not have Tunnel vision or narrow mindlessness
if I ever start to focus on any one little thing by itself
I will lose the beauty of the whole picture I must always
stay grateful for my recovery or I could loose focus on everything in life it
could happen that fast with out the action I remain forever thankful for what
God in His grace has given me
For the entire blessing He has given to my family and
friends in and out of recovery, gratitude is another one of the many action
words we hear around the halls, I am thankful God has given me a life second to
none and for that I am most grateful of all
God bless you Al M
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