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      “Whether it was pouring coffee in my home group, or going on a Twelfth-Step call, I entered a new pattern of thinking: I thought not only about myself, but about others.”

      From Beginners’ Book

      FEBRUARY 18

      “Modesty One Plank for Good Public Relations”

      AA CO-FOUNDER, BILL W., AUGUST 1945

      “We need to constantly scrutinize ourselves carefully, in order to make everlastingly certain that we shall always be strong enough and single-purposed enough from within, to relate ourselves rightly to the world without.”

      From The Language of the Heart

      FEBRUARY 19

      “Trusting the Silence”

      ANONYMOUS, NOVEMBER 1991

      “Often in sobriety, I’ve prayed when I needed to meditate. I’ve yammered at God so much that God can’t get a word in edgewise. (What I practice with people, I cannot help but practice with God.) To me, meditation is simply being quiet and listening for a change. It is buttoning up my lip—and my mind that yaps even when my mouth is shut.”

      From Beginners’ Book

      FEBRUARY 20

      “Okay, God ...”

      HOUSTON, TEXAS, OCTOBER 1985

      “I politely invited God to spend the day with me (like a visiting relative or friend), and instantly began a mental dialogue with God. ... I realized that in the process of introducing myself to God, I was getting a good look at who I really was.”

      From Spiritual Awakenings

      FEBRUARY 21

      “Tools for Life”

      NEW YORK, JANUARY 2006

      “Turn toward that power and ask for help whenever you feel disturbed or afraid, the way a plant turns toward the light.”

      From Beginners’ Book

      FEBRUARY 22

      “AA Tomorrow”

      AA CO-FOUNDER, BILL W., JULY 1960

      “As we better use the ‘language of the heart,’ our communications grow apace: already we find ourselves in safe passage through all those barriers of distance and language, of social distinction, nationality and creed, that so divide the world of our time.”

      From The Language of the Heart

      FEBRUARY 23

      “The Impossible Dream”

      ISLAMORADA, FLORIDA, NOVEMBER 1971

      “I am free to like and enjoy what I have. I don’t need to exhibit my high values by hating my rowboat for not being a yacht, my house for not being a palace, my child for not being a prodigy.”

      From The Best of the Grapevine, Volume I

      FEBRUARY 24

      “Tradition Five”

      AA CO-FOUNDER, BILL W., APRIL 1948

      “May we never forget that we live by the grace of God—on borrowed time.”

      From The Language of the Heart

      FEBRUARY 25

      “On the Beach”

      LAKE WORTH, FLORIDA, APRIL 1987

      “If I try to soar with the eagles, I’m likely to appear more of a turkey.”

      From AA Grapevine