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But they know what love means and what truth means. They see the
Spirit Father in everything. Tocmetone
Paiute The very
practical approach to his problems, the absence of intolerance of any
kind, the informality, the genuine democracy, the uncanny understanding
which these people had were irresistible. He and his wife would leave
elated by the thought of what they could now do for some stricken
acquaintance and his family. They knew they had a host of new friends; it
seemed they had known these strangers always. They had seen miracles, and
one was to come to them. They had visioned the Great Reality--their loving
and All Powerful Creator. Big Book
pgs. 160 & 161 Reprinted with
permission A.A.W.S. Some day we hope
that every alcoholic who journeys will find a Fellowship of Alcoholics
Anonymous at his destination. To some extent this is already true. Some of
us are salesmen and go about. Little clusters of twos and threes and fives
of us have sprung up in other communities, through contact with our two
large centers. Those of us who travel drop in as often as we can. This
practice enables us to lend a hand, at the same time avoiding certain
alluring distractions of the road, about which any traveling man can
inform you. Big Book
pg. 162 Reprinted with
permission A.A.W.S. Grandfather teach
me your truth, that I may see it in
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