"When I am feeling depressed, I repeat to myself statements such as these:
'Pain is the touchstone of progress.' . . .
'Fear no evil.' . . .
'This, too, will pass.' . . .
'This experience can be turned to benefit.'
These fragments of prayer bring far more than comfort. They keep me on the track of right acceptance; they break up my compulsive themes of guilt, depression, rebellion, and pride; and sometimes they endow me with the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
Bill W., AAGrapevine, March 1962
copyright 1967AAWS, As Bill Sees It, p. 110
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