From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SADNESS occurs
one time
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... sadness, I
may bring joy.
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
"
Lord, make me a
channel of
thy peace -- that where there
is
hatred, I may bring
love
-- that where there is
wrong, I may bring the
spirit of
forgiveness --
that where there is
discord, I may bring
harmony -- that where there is
error, I may bring
truth --
that where there is
doubt, I may bring
faith -- that where there is
despair, I may bring
hope --
that where there are
shadows, I may bring
light -- that where there is
sadness, I may bring
joy.
Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous
and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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