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Subject: EMERGENCY RATIONS NO. 30
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Grand MINION
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04/07/2007 8:20 AM Alert 

TRUST THE TRUTH

If you have told the truth, then do not worry.  If you have taken your side with the truth, then be not concerned.  Only be sure a thing is true, then take your place beside it in the complete confidence that, though you may have to stand out against upleasantness, you will never be humiliated by failure. 

  Nothing is too good to be true; for truth and goodness are always inseperable.  If anything is evil, it is not necessary; if it is necessary, it is not evil, but good. Truth and eternity, likewise are partners.  He who takes his place alongside truth and trusts it may be sure of the future.  He and God are linked together in ties that do not break apart.

 
To a desolate person an act of kindness can be the difference between getting bitter and getting better..............
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04/07/2007 8:27 AM Alert 
My thoughts on this subject are simple. I would rather Stand in Truth than to sit in a lie. Not long ago I was in a position of telling the truth, there were many people present, we were asked Who had followed direction and did what was asked of them. Many people stood up, ( I admit I contemplated doing the same) today with what I have learned thru the fellowship, steps, and working with my sponsor, I have been given a concious. I SAT. While others looked around, I and one other person sat. It hurt to know I had not done as I had committed to doing. But what would have hurt me more? Standing up and KNOWING I was lying. Today I must be honest, to God, Self and others, even if the price is high, it is not worth the punishment of my concious. When I first came to AA it was very easy to practice my lying, heck, I had done it so long, I did not even know when I was lying. !!!! I've heard many alkies say the same.

Today I am thankful for TRUTH. Regardless of the price.
To a desolate person an act of kindness can be the difference between getting bitter and getting better..............
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