Promises.
From Alcoholics Anonymous.:
We are going to know a new freedom
and a new happiness.
We will not regret the past,
nor wish to shut the door on it.
We will comprehend the word serenity,
and we will know peace.
No matter how far down the scale we have gone,
we will see how our experiences can benefit others.
That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear.
We will lose interest in selfish things,
and gain interest in our fellows.
Self seeking will slip away.
Our whole attitude and outlook
upon life will change.
Fear of people and economic insecurity
will leave us.
We will intuitively know how to handle
situations which used to baffle us.
We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us
what we could not do for ourselves.
Are these extravagant promises?
We think not.
They are being fulfilled among us,
sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly.
They will always materialize,
if we work for them.
We are going to know a new freedom
and a new happiness.
We will not regret the past,
nor wish to shut the door on it.
We will comprehend the word serenity,
and we will know peace.
No matter how far down the scale we have gone,
we will see how our experiences can benefit others.
That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear.
We will lose interest in selfish things,
and gain interest in our fellows.
Self seeking will slip away.
Our whole attitude and outlook
upon life will change.
Fear of people and economic insecurity
will leave us.
We will intuitively know how to handle
situations which used to baffle us.
We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us
what we could not do for ourselves.
Are these extravagant promises?
We think not.
They are being fulfilled among us,
sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly.
They will always materialize,
if we work for them.