“Yesterday morning, walking into No Sniveling, I was surrounded by 75 others looking for the morning buzz.”

“The great paradox of A.A. is that I know I cannot keep the precious gift of sobriety unless I give it away. My primary purpose is to stay sober. In A.A. I have no other goal, and the importance of this is a matter of life or death for me. If I veer from this purpose I lose. But A.A. is not only for me; it is for the alcoholic who still suffers. The legions of recovering alcoholics stay sober by sharing with fellow alcoholics. The way to my recovery is to show others in A.A. that when I share with them, we both grow in the grace of the Higher Power, and both of us are on the road to a happy destiny.”

Each one of us is a child of God, and as such, we are full of the promise of a lifetime of spiritual growth. A young person is like the springtime of the year. The full time of the fruit is not yet, but there is promise of the blossom. There is a spark of the Divine in every one of us. Each has some of God's spirit that can be developed by spiritual exercise. Know that your life is full of promises. Such blessings can be yours; such joys and wonders, as long as you continue to develop in the sunshine of God's love. Prayer for the Day I pray that I may develop the divine spark within me. I pray that by so doing I may fulfill the promise of a more abundant life.