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They will always materialize if I work for them.Once again, I humbly believe that these promises are, or may be directed to two different groups of people. If you recall the X and Y groups from the previous podcast, there are two groups who may
Are these extravagant promises? I think not. They are being fulfilled in me – sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if I work for them.So, for this question at the end of the promises, I really have to say that there
Promise #12: I will suddenly realize that God is doing for me what I could not do for myself.So my friends, I think of this promise in terms of what we used to say in the Bronx when I was a kid, a no-brainer. No, I am not trying to be condescen
Promise #11: I will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle me when I see this promise the first word that comes to my mind is fear. I personally believe that I knew how to handle many situations that seem to baffle me, b
Promise #10: Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave me.I am sincerely not sure why these two aspects of the promises were listed together. However, the uncommon to nominate the Diaz linking them. It is the second step. As we form
Promise #9:My whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.Those of you who have found a new way of life as a result of this program will have no trouble in understanding this promise. Of course, I mean those of you who have truly this prog
Promise #8: Self-seeking will slip away.So, what does it mean when promise number eight is that we will lose self-seeking? Does it mean that we will not be trying to accomplish anything? Does it mean that we will not try to provide for ourselv
I will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in my fellows. I believe that this promise, promise number seven, is closely tied to promise number six. Once I lose the feeling of uselessness, as I said in the last episode, the program
That feeling of uselessness and self- pity will disappear.So, once again, this promise really hit the nail on the head for me. Personally, I feel that most of us who have an addiction or a life problem of some kind, are above average in our abi
No matter how far down the scale I have gone, I will see how my experience can benefit others.This promise is one of the promises that always felt was written specifically for me. If I only looked at myself, I know how far down the scale I real
I will comprehend the word serenity and I will know peace.This promise is one of the best of the 12 promises. I know, I am likely to say each one is the best of the promises. Well they are also true and comforting that I can’t help myself.When
This episode is about Promise number #3. Promise #3 is:I will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.As you may know, I have written before about us becoming a “tabula rasa” in order to accept new powers and new thoughts that arriv
This week we will explore promise number two of the 12 promises. The second promise is as follows:I am going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.Wow, this sure seems like a huge promise. Well right off the bat, I will tell you that I am e
In this episode I will be talking about what I consider the first of the promises from the first edition of the book, Alcoholics Anonymous. The promises start on page 83. Once again, I consider the following to be the first of the 12 promises:P
In this episode I would like to continue with a discussion about (what I call) the introduction to the promises. It is the paragraph before, or at the beginning of, the promises, depending on how you like to look at them. The following is the l
I have been looking forward to these upcoming episodes on the Promises. As I have said many times, all of my references to the 12-step program text are from the first edition of Alcoholics Anonymous, (p. 83). In most of the current list of Prom
In this final episode I will talk about last two lines in Reinhold Niebuhr’ s Serenity Prayer. They are below:So that I may be reasonably happy in this life, And supremely happy with You forever in the next.Amen.So, what do you think about the
In this episode I am making a break in the Serenity Prayer series in order to talk about the events we’ve experienced in the last week. It just so happens that these events emerge perfectly with our series on the Serenity Prayer. I’ve had plent
The next three lines in the Serenity Prayer, (I’ve noted them below), are, to me, the definition of step number three in the 12-step program.Not as I would have it, Trusting that You will make all things right, If I surrender to Your will,I d
Now that we are in our new season, number 4, episode 1, I will begin by continuing with the Serenity Prayer, as written by Reinhold Niebur. I’ll begin after the prayer says, (in our new version: Wisdom to know the difference) and the original,
It’s a New Year tomorrow everyone and we all have a lot to celebrate and look forward to!. It all depends on our point of view!Happy New Year to all all!
I certainly would like to start this episode by wishing you all a Merry Christmas! As I thought of what kind of Christmas message I would like to give in this podcast I found myself in a quandary of sorts. I guess it’s nothing new, but each yea
This episode on the serenity prayer is going to be about our wisdom to know the difference between what we can and cannot change.In the original Serenity Prayer, it goes like this: and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.Now, wisdo
So, here we are, right after me describing to you my idea of prayer, we are asking God to give us courage. I believe, with all my heart, that we receive every single gift, strength, knowledge through the grace of God when we were created. I say
This episode is going to be a little bit of a diversion from our discussion of the actual Serenity Prayer. At the end of the last episode I went off track a bit. I discovered somewhere in this head of mine, that I wanted to talk to you about my
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