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If strong people were stalemated in the search
for peace and harmony, what
was to become of our erratic band of alcoholics?
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We had to begin to make our
peace, and so we listed the people we had harmed and became willing to set things right.
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I was to know happiness,
peace, and usefulness, in
a way of life that is incredibly more wonderful as time passes.
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In the face of collapse and
despair, in the face of the
total failure of their human resources, they found that a new power, peace, happiness, and sense of direction flowed into them.
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To those of us who have hitherto known only excitement, depression,
or anxiety -- in other words, to all of us -- this newfound peace is a priceless gift.
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If we lie or cheat, we deprive others not only of
their worldly goods, but of
their emotional security and peace of mind.
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He finds himself in possession of a degree of
honesty, tolerance, unselfishness, peace of mind, and love of which he had thought himself quite incapable.
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As we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we
could face life successfully, as we became conscious of His presence, we began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow or the hereafter.
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While we may be quite willing to reveal the very worst, we must be sure to remember that we cannot buy our
own peace of mind at the expense of others.
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In Step Eleven we saw that if a Higher Power had restored us to sanity and had enabled us to
live with some peace of mind in a sorely troubled world, then such a Higher Power was worth knowing better, by as direct contact as possible.
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And they have increasingly found a peace of mind which can stand firm in the face of difficult circumstances.
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By now the newcomer has probably arrived at the following conclusions:
that his character defects, representing instincts gone astray, have been the primary
cause of his drinking and
his failure at life; that unless he is now willing to work hard at the elimination of
the worst of these defects,
both sobriety and peace of mind will still elude him; that all the faulty
foundation of his life will have to be torn out and built anew on bedrock.
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Each day my friend's simple talk in our kitchen multiplies itself in a widening circle of peace on earth and good will to men.
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Learning how to live in the
greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood with all men and
women, of whatever description, is a moving
and fascinating adventure.
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These were the new attitudes
that finally brought many of us an inner strength and peace that could
not be deeply shaken by the
shortcomings of others
or by any calamity not of our
own making.
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"Lord, make me a channel of thy peace -- that where there is hatred,
I may bring love -- that where
there is wrong, I may bring
the spirit of forgiveness -- that where there is discord, I may bring harmony -- that where there is error, I may bring truth -- that where there is doubt, I may bring faith -- that where there is despair, I may bring hope -- that where there are shadows, I may bring light -- that where there is sadness, I may bring joy.
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When, with God's help, we calmly accepted our lot, then we found we could live at peace with ourselves and show others who still suffered the same fears that they could get over them, too.
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When our inventory is carefully taken, and we have
made peace with ourselves, the conviction follows that tomorrow's challenges can
be met as they come.
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