"My friends, how desperately do we need to be loved and to love."

Chief Dan George  Skokomish

 

 

We commenced to make fast friends and a fellowship has grown up among us of which it is a wonderful thing to feel a part. The joy of living we really have, even under pressure and difficulty. I have seen hundreds of families set their feet in the path that really goes somewhere; have seen the most impossible domestic situations righted; feuds and bitterness of all sorts wiped out. I have seen men come out of asylums and resume a vital place in the lives of their families and communities. Business and professional men have regained their standing. There is scarcely any form of trouble and misery which has not been overcome among us. We meet frequently so that newcomers may find the fellowship they seek.

Big Book pg. 16

Reprinted with permission A.A.W.S.

  

 

A Native American Story

 

A grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt.

He said, "I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, angry, violent one. The other wolf is the loving, compassionate one."

The grandson asked him, "Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?"

 

The grandfather answered:  "The one I feed."