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PAUSE   occurs   7 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... pause and count your blessings.   BB To Wives, p.119   View TO WIVES chapter
When resentful thoughts come, try to pause and count your blessings.


2.
... pause, ask for quiet, and in the ...   12&12 Step Three, p.41   View STEP THREE essay
In all times of emotional disturbance or indecision, we can pause, ask for quiet, and in the stillness simply say: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. Thy will, not mine, be done."


3.
... pause here to consider what humility is ...   12&12 Step Seven, p.70   View STEP SEVEN essay
Since this Step so specifically concerns itself with humility, we should pause here to consider what humility is and what the practice of it can mean to us.


4.
... pause in reading one of the forty-two ...   BB Preface, p.xii   View PREFACE
If you have a drinking problem, we hope that you may pause in reading one of the forty-two personal stories and think: "Yes, that happened to me"; or, more important, "Yes, I've felt like that"; or, most important, "Yes, I believe this program can work for me too."


5.
... pause, saying, "Not my will, but Thine, ...   12&12 Step Ten, p.93   View STEP TEN essay
When in doubt we can always pause, saying, "Not my will, but Thine, be done."


6.
... pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask ...   BB Into Action, p.87   View INTO ACTION chapter
As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action.


7.
... pause where situations must be met and ...   12&12 Step Eleven, p.102   View STEP ELEVEN essay
As the day goes on, we can pause where situations must be met and decisions made, and renew the simple request: "Thy will, not mine, be done."


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