DAILY REFLECTIONS for May 27th

NO MAUDLIN GUILT

Day by day, we try to move a little toward God's perfection. So we need not be consumed by maudlin guilt. …
As Bill Sees It, Page 15

When I first discovered that there is not a single "don't" in the Twelve Steps of A.A., I was disturbed because this discovery swung open a giant portal. Only then was I able to realize what A.A. is for me: ¶ A.A. is not a program of "don't"s, but of "do's". ¶ A.A. is not martial law; it is freedom. ¶ A.A. is not tears over defects, but sweat over fixing them. ¶ A.A. is not penitence; it is salvation. ¶ A.A. is not "Woe to me" for my sins, past and present. ¶ A.A. is "Praise God" for the progress I am making today.

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