Subject: Fwd: Today, Friday, July 30, 2010
From: "Paul" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:41:41 -0400

Have a great day - I'll call you later today

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> July 30--God provides the wind, but man must raise the sails.
>                        —Saint Augustine
>
> This is July, the 7th month of the year;
> •        The 7th Tradition:  Every A.A. group ought to be fully self 
> -supporting, declining outside contributions.
> •        The 7th Step:  Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
> •        The 7th Promise:  We will lose interest in selfish things a 
> nd gain interest in our fellows.
> __________________
> A.A. Thought for the Day
>
> The other day we should not worry about is tomorrow, with its  
> possible adversities, its burdens, its large promise, and perhaps  
> its poor performance. Tomorrow is also beyond our immediate control.  
> Tomorrow's sun will rise, either in splendor or behind a mask of  
> clouds, but it will rise. Until it does, we have no stake in  
> tomorrow, for it is as yet unborn. Do I still worry too much about  
> tomorrow?
>
> Meditation for the Day
>
> "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things  
> not seen." Faith is not seeing, but believing. Down through the  
> ages, there have always been those who obeyed the heavenly vision,  
> not seeing but believing in God. And their faith was rewarded. So  
> shall it be to you. Good things will happen to you. You cannot see  
> God, but you can see the results of faith in human lives, changing  
> them from defeat to victory. God's grace is available to all who  
> have faith-not seeing, but believing. With faith, life can be  
> victorious and happy.
>
> Prayer for the Day
>
> I pray that I may have faith enough to believe without seeing. I  
> pray that I may be content with the results of my faith.
>
> Source: Twenty-Four Hours a Day,    Richmond Walker, Copyright © 197 
> 5, Hazeldon Foundation, printed in the USA.   Editor’s note: This bo 
> ok was compiled by Richmond Walker (1892–1965) of the Group at Dayto 
> na Beach, Florida.
>
> ________________________________________________________________
>
> The following is Excerpt No. 75  from As Bill Sees It : “Losing Fina 
> ncial Fears”
> When a job still looked like a mere    means of getting money rather  
> than an opportunity for service, when the acquisition of money for  
> financial independence looked more important than a right dependence  
> upon God, we were the victims of unreasonable fears. & these were  
> fears which would make a serene & useful existence, at any financial  
> level, quite impossible.
>
> But as time passed we found that with the help of A.A.'s Twelve  
> Steps we could lose those fears, no matter what our material  
> prospects were. We could cheerfully perform humble labor without  
> worrying about tomorrow. If our circumstances happened to be good,  
> we no longer dreaded a change for the worse, for we had learned that  
> these troubles could be turned into great values, for ourselves &  
> for others.
>
> Twelve & Twelve p-121/122
>
>
> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by 
>     Alcoholics Anonymous ®
> World Services, Inc., 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115
> _____________________________
>
> Predicting the Future
>
> We don't need a psychic to tell us what our future experience will b 
> e—we need only look at our own minds. If we have a good heart and he 
> lpful intentions toward others, we will continually find happiness.  
> If instead, the mind is filled with ordinary self-centered thoughts, 
>  with anger and harmful intentions toward others, we will find only  
> difficult experiences.
>
> - Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, Tricycle Summer 1998