At once I became a part--if only a tiny part -- of a cosmos...
When I first came to A.A. I decided that "they" were very nice people--perhaps a little naive, a little too friendly, but basically decent, earnest people (with whom I had nothing in common). I saw them at meetings--after all, that was where "they" existed. I shook hands with "them" and, when I went out the door, I forgot about "them."
Then one day my Higher Power, whom I did not then believe in, arranged to create a community project outside of A.A., but one which happened to involve many A.A. members. We worked together. I got to know "them" as people. I came to admire "them." even to like "them" and, in spite of myself, to enjoy "them." Their practice of the program in their daily lives--not just in talk at meetings--attracted me and I wanted what they had. Suddenly the "they" became "we." I have not had a drink since.
From AA's Daily Reflections
For Leaders of Meetings.... These are the Directions to Copy and Paste the Text Above into your Meeting:
1. Highlight the text you want to copy by holding the left button down on the mouse and selecting the text. (With the left button depressed drag your mouse across all the text that you want to copy. It will appear 'highlighted'.)
2. Hold the Control Key (marked Ctrl on your keyboard) down with one finger and hit the 'c' key (for copy) with another finger. Typists usually do this by holding down the Ctrl with the little finger of the left hand and pushing the 'c' key with their index finger of the left hand. This puts the message on a 'clipboard' so you can use it later.
3. Compose the email message and use Ctrl/v to paste the format into the message part of your email using the same method outlined above. (I have no idea why they decided to use the v key for the paste function ... probably because it resides next to the c key.) Make sure you click in the message box before you try to paste it.
4. Customize the message (where the text is red) by highlighting the text and typing over it.
For Leaders of Meetings.... These are the Directions to Copy and Paste the Text Above into your Meeting:
1. Highlight the text you want to copy by holding the left button down on the mouse and selecting the text. (With the left button depressed drag your mouse across all the text that you want to copy. It will appear 'highlighted'.)
2. Hold the Control Key (marked Ctrl on your keyboard) down with one finger and hit the 'c' key (for copy) with another finger. Typists usually do this by holding down the Ctrl with the little finger of the left hand and pushing the 'c' key with their index finger of the left hand. This puts the message on a 'clipboard' so you can use it later.
3. Compose the email message and use Ctrl/v to paste the format into the message part of your email using the same method outlined above. (I have no idea why they decided to use the v key for the paste function ... probably because it resides next to the c key.) Make sure you click in the message box before you try to paste it.
4. Customize the message (where the text is red) by highlighting the text and typing over it.
