WHEN WE'RE ASKING FOR TROUBLE -
"Why ask for some-
thing before we are
ready for it? This would
be asking for trouble. So
many times addicts have
sought the rewards of
hard work without the
labor." (The Basic
Text, p. 33)
PUTTING OUR FEET TO THE FIRE -
"He would like us
to keep our heads
in the clouds with Him,
but that our feet ought to
be firmly planted on earth.
That is where our fellow
travelers are, and that is
where our work must
be done." (The Big
Book, p. 130)
"The artist must
create a spark before
he can make a fire and
before art is born, the ar-
tist must be ready to
be consumed by the
fire of his own
creation."
- Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917) French, progenitor of modern sculpture
HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself, like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.
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