JUST FOR TODAY

Quote - Reliance on God enables me to match calamity with serenity.

A good day - so far.

I was at a meeting this morning and have the privilege to be speaking at a meeting of another fellowship tonight.

I have to always keep close to my heart the quote I posted today. For many years everything, yes everything, in my life seemed to be a calamity, real or imagined. Every day was so difficult to cope with that I thought it would never end. Some years ago, now, I was introduced to a totally new concept for me & I have followed that path for the last 15 years. Never as perfectly as I think I should, but enough to get me to a point that today's quote still rings true for me.

Now as promised I am posting an extract from the, as yet unfinished, book I am struggling to work on.

- Opening -

A couple of bare light bulbs hung from the ceiling of the small, crowded church basement room. The people tonight were, as usual, a mix of street people, blue-collar workers, celebrities, and “Wall Street” types. In one corner, on a rickety table a coffee maker was wheezing as it brewed a strong blend; beside the coffee maker an assortment of cheap, store bought cookies & snacks. Hanging from the permanently closed windows on either side of a hastily set-up table; were two rather tattered shades on which were printed the 12 Steps & the 12 Traditions of the fellowship gathered here tonight; Alcoholics Anonymous.

It was at this scene that I found myself that night. As I eased my self into a seat, I acknowledged some of the other members. It was at least another quarter of an hour before the meeting started and my mind began wandering back to time the before I felt it worthwhile to be at these things on a semi-regular basis. What was it, really, that had caused me to change the lifestyle that I had been living for the previous 32 years before I quit.

It was almost 15 years since I had tasted booze or even considered smoking a joint - just to keep body and soul together.

“Hello Roger” said Peter R. Interrupting my thoughts.

“Hi Peter” I replied. “How have you been the last few days?” Not expecting the lengthy explanation he started to give me.

Please let me know what your comments are, thus enabling me to have the courage to continue.

Have a GREAT day -