Most of the time, we hear "The Promises" read at the end of a meeting, but these promises are only some existing in the big book! I thought this was so interesting, I wanted to be able to post these for everyone to see. Below are about 228 other promises listed! Check them Out!
The Promises found in Alcoholics Anonymous
First Step Promises:
1. How
many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism. (Title page).
2. Who
have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. (foreword 1st
edition xiii)
3. To
show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main
purpose of this book. (foreword 1st edition xiii)
4. We
are sure that our way of living has its advantages for all. (foreword 1st
edition xiii)
5. Our
earliest printing voiced the hope -that every alcoholic who journeys will find
the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous at his destination (foreword 2nd
edition xv)
6. It
also indicated that strenuous work, one alcoholic with another, was vital to
permanent recovery (xvii)
7. A.A.'s
had to hang together or die separately. We had to unify our Fellowship or
pass off the scene.(xix)
8. Today
the remarkable unity of A.A. is one of the greatest assets that our Society
has.(xix)
9. It
is our great hope that all those who have as yet found no answer may begin to
find one in the pages of this book and will presently join us on the highroad to
a new freedom. (xxi)
10.
...recovery
begins when one alcoholic talks with another alcoholic, sharing experience,
strength, and hope. (xxii)
11. We
who have suffered alcoholic torture must believe that the body of the alcoholic
is quite as abnormal as his mind (xxiv)
12. We
are sure that our bodies were sickened as well. (xxiv)
13. We
work out our solution on the spiritual as well as an altruistic plane. (xxiv)
14. Once
a psychic change has occurred, the very same person who seemed doomed, who had
so many problems he despaired of ever solving them, suddenly finds himself
easily able to control his desire for alcohol, the only effort necessary being
that required to follow a few simple rules. (xxvii)
15. There
are many situations which arise out of the phenomenon of craving which cause men
to make the supreme sacrifice rather than continue to fight. (xxviii)
16. I
was soon to be catapulted into what I like to call the fourth dimension of
existence. I was to know happiness, peace, and usefulness, in a way of life
that is incredibly more wonderful as time passes. (8:2)
17.
I would enter
upon a new relationship with my Creator; that I would have the elements of a way
of living which answered all my problems. Belief in the power of God, plus
enough willingness, honesty and humility to establish and maintain the new order
of things, were the essential requirements. (13:5)
18. For
if an alcoholic failed to perfect and enlarge his spiritual life through work
and self-sacrifice for others, he could not survive the certain trials and low
spots ahead. If he did not work, he would surely drink again, and if he drank,
he would surely die. Then faith would be dead indeed. With us it is just like
that. (14:6)
19. It
is a design for living that works in rough going. (15:1)
20. The
joy of living we really have, even under pressure and difficulty. (15:2)
21. There
is scarcely any form of trouble and misery which has not been overcome among us.
(15:2)
22. 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. (15:2)
23. There
is, however, a vast amount of fun about it all. I suppose some would be shocked
at our seeming worldliness and levity. But just underneath there is deadly
earnestness. Faith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we
perish. (16:2)
24. Most
of us feel we need look no further for Utopia. We have it with us right here
and now. Each day my friend's simple talk in our kitchen multiplies itself in a
widening circle of peace on earth and good will to men. (16:3)
25. ...there
exists among us a fellowship, a friendliness, and an understanding which is
indescribably wonderful. (17:2)
26. Our
joy in escape from disaster does not subside as we go our individual ways.
(17:2)
27. The
feeling of having shared in a common peril is one element in the powerful cement
which binds us... The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have
discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely
agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action. This is
the great news this book carries to those who suffer from alcoholism. (17:2)
28. An
illness of this sort-and we have come to believe it an illness-involves those
about us in a way no other human sickness can. (18:1)
29. For
with it (the alcoholic illness) there goes annihilation of all the things worth
while in life. It engulfs all whose lives touch the sufferer's. It brings
misunderstanding, fierce resentment, financial insecurity, disgusted friends and
employers, warped lives of blameless children, sad wives and parents-anyone can
increase the list. (18:1)
30. Most
of us sense that real tolerance of other people's shortcomings and viewpoints
and a respect for their opinions are attitudes which make us more useful to
others. Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant
thought of others and how we may help meet their needs. (19:4)
31. The
alcoholic reacts differently from normal people. We are not sure why, once a
certain point is reached, little can be done for him. We cannot answer the
riddle. We know that while the alcoholic keeps away from drink, as he may do for
months or years, he reacts much like other men. We are equally positive that
once he takes any alcohol whatever into his system, something happens, both in
the bodily and mental sense, which makes it virtually impossible for him to
stop. (22:3)
32. The
main problem of the alcoholic centers in his mind, rather than in his body.
(23:1)
33. At
a certain point in the drinking of every alcoholic, he passes into a state where
the most powerful desire to stop drinking is of absolutely no avail. (24:0)
34. The
fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of
choice in drink. Our so-called will power becomes practically nonexistent. We
are unable, at certain times, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient
force the memory of the suffering and humiliation of even a week or a month ago.
We are without defense against the first drink. (24:1)
35. There
is a solution. (25:1)
36. We
saw that it really worked in others. (25:1)
37. We
have found much of heaven and we have been rocketed into a fourth dimension of
existence of which we had not even dreamed. (25:1)
38. The
central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has
entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous. He has
commenced to accomplish those things for us which we could never do by
ourselves. (25:2)
39. A
new life has been given us or, if you prefer, "a design for living" that really
works. (28:2)
40. All
of us, whatever our race, creed, or color are the children of a living Creator
with whom we may form a relationship upon simple and understandable terms as
soon as we are willing and honest enough to try. (28:3)
41. The
idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great
obsession of every abnormal drinker. (30:1)
42. We
alcoholics are men and women who have lost the ability to control our drinking.
We know that no real alcoholic ever recovers control. All of us felt at times
that we were regaining control, but such intervals-usually brief-were inevitably
followed by still less control, which led in time to pitiful and
incomprehensible demoralization. We are convinced to a man that alcoholics of
our type are in the grip of a progressive illness. Over any considerable period
we get worse, never better. (30:3)
43. To
be gravely affected, one does not necessarily have to drink a long time nor take
the quantities some of us have. This is particularly true of women. Potential
female alcoholics often turn into the real thing and are gone beyond recall in a
few years. (33:3)
44. The
actual or potential alcoholic, with hardly an exception, will be
absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of
self-knowledge. (39:1)
45. That
if I had an alcoholic mind, the time and place would come-I would drink again.
(41:2)
46. I
saw that will power and self-knowledge would not help in those strange mental
blank spots. (42:0)
47. The
program of action, though entirely sensible, was pretty drastic (42:0)
48. Most
alcoholics have to be pretty badly mangled before they really commence to solve
their problems. (43:1)
49. The
alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first
drink. Except in a few rare cases, neither he nor any other human being can
provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher Power. (43:3)
50. If
he is an alcoholic of the hopeless variety. To be doomed to an alcoholic death
or to live on a spiritual basis are not always easy alternatives to face. (44:2)
51. We
had to face the fact that we must find a spiritual basis of life -or else.
(44:3)
52. Our
human resources, as marshaled by the will, were not sufficient; they failed
utterly. (45:0)
53. Lack
of power, that was our dilemma. We had to find a power by which we could live,
and it had to be a Power greater than ourselves.(45:1)
Second Step Promises:
1. We
did not need to consider another's conception of God. (46:2)
2. God
does not make too hard terms with those who seek Him. (46:2)
3. We
found that as soon as we were able to lay aside prejudice and express even a
willingness to believe in a Power greater than ourselves, we commenced to get
results, even though it was impossible for any of us to fully define or
comprehend that Power, which is God. (46:1)
4. The
Realm of Spirit is broad, roomy, all inclusive; never exclusive or
forbidding to those who earnestly seek. It is open, we believe, to all
men. (46:2)
5. As
soon as a man can say that he does believe, or is willing to believe, we
emphatically assure him that he is on his way. It has been repeatedly proven
among us that upon this simple cornerstone a wonderfully effective spiritual
structure can be built.* (47:2)
6. In
the face of collapse and despair, in the face of the total failure of their
human resources, they found that a new power, peace, happiness, and sense of
direction flowed into them. (50:4)
7. When
we saw others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the Spirit of the
Universe, we had to stop doubting the power of God. Our ideas did not work.
But the God idea did. (52:3)
8. Deep
down in every man, woman, and child, is the fundamental idea of God. It may be
obscured by calamity, by pomp, by worship of other things, but in some form or
other it is there. (55:2)
9. If
our testimony helps sweep away prejudice, enables you to think honestly,
encourages you to search diligently within yourself, then, if you wish, you can
join us on the Broad Highway. With this attitude you cannot fail. The
consciousness of your belief is sure to come to you. (55:4)
10.He
has come to all who have honestly sought Him. When we drew near to Him He
disclosed Himself to us! (57:3)
Third Step Promises:
1. Rarely
have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. (58:1)
2. Those
who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves
to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable
of being honest with themselves. (58:1)
3. Their
chances are less than average. (58:1)
4. Some
of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let
go absolutely. (58:3)
5. Without
help it is too much for us. (59:0)
6. But
there is One who has all power-that One is God. (59:0)
7. Half
measures availed us nothing. (59:1)
8. No
one among us has been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence to these
principles. (60:1)
9. We
claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection. (60:1)
10.We
were alcoholic and could not manage our own lives. (60:2)
11.Probably
no human power could have relieved our alcoholism. (60:2)
12.God
could and would if He were sought. (60:2)
13.That
any life run on self-will can hardly be a success. On that basis we are almost
always in collision with something or somebody, even though our motives are
good. (60:4)
14.Selfishness-self-centeredness!
That, we think, is the root of our troubles. (62:1)
15.We
invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on
self which later placed us in a position to be hurt. (62:1)
16.So
our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of
ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though
he usually doesn't think so. (62:2)
17.Above
everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness. We must, or it kills
us! God makes that possible. And there often seems no way of entirely getting
rid of self without His aid. Many of us had moral and philosophical convictions
galore, but we could not live up to them even though we would have liked to.
Neither could we reduce our self-centeredness much by wishing or trying on our
own power. We had to have God's help. (62:2)
18.We
had to quit playing God. It didn't work. (62:3)
19.God
was going to be our Director. He is the Principal; we are His agents. He is
the Father, and we are His children. Most good ideas are simple, and this
concept was the keystone of the new and triumphant arch through which we passed
to freedom. (62:3)
20.We
had a new Employer. Being all powerful, He provided what we needed, if we kept
close to Him and performed His work well. (63:1)
21.Established
on such a footing we became less and less interested in ourselves, our little
plans and designs. (63:1)
22.More
and more we became interested in seeing what we could contribute to life. (63:1)
23.As
we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we
could face life successfully, as we became conscious of His presence, we began
to lose our fear of today, tomorrow or the hereafter. We were reborn. (63:1)
Fourth Step Promises:
1. Though
our decision was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect
unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the
things in ourselves which had been blocking us. (64:0)
2. Our
liquor was but a symptom. (64:0)
3. Resentment
is the "number one" offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else.
From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally
and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick. (64:3)
4. When
the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically.
(64:3)
5. Nothing
counted but thoroughness and honesty. (65:3)
6. But
the more we fought and tried to have our own way, the worse matters got. As in
war, the victor only seemed to win. Our moments of triumph were
short-lived. (66:0)
7. It
is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and
unhappiness. To the precise extent that we permit these (resentments), do we
squander the hours that might have been worth while. (66:1)
8. But
with the alcoholic, whose hope is the maintenance and growth of a spiritual
experience, this business of resentment is infinitely grave. We found that it
(resentment) is fatal. For when harboring such feelings we shut ourselves off
from the sunlight of the Spirit. The insanity of alcohol returns and we drink
again. And with us, to drink is to die. (66:1)
9. If
we were to live, we had to be free of anger. (66:2)
10.We
turned back to the list, for it held the key to the future. (66:3)
11.We
began to see that the world and its people really dominated us. In that state,
the wrong-doing of others, fancied or real, had power to actually kill. (66:3)
12.This
was our course: We realized that the people who wronged us were perhaps
spiritually sick.
13.Though
we did not like their symptoms and the way these disturbed us, they, like
ourselves, were sick too. (66:4)
14.We
cannot be helpful to all people, but at least God will show us how to take a
kindly and tolerant view of each and every one. (67:4)
15."Fear"
This short word somehow touches about every aspect of our lives. It was an evil
and corroding thread; the fabric of our existence was shot through with it. It
set in motion trains of circumstances which brought us misfortune. (67:3)
16.Just
to the extent that we do as we think He would have us, and humbly rely on Him,
does He enable us to match calamity with serenity. (68:2)
17.We
ask Him to remove our fear and direct our attention to what He would have us
be. At once, we commence to outgrow fear. (68:3)
18.If
we are sorry for what we have done, and have the honest desire to let God take
us to better things, we believe we will be forgiven and will have learned our
lesson. (70:1)
19.If
we are not sorry, and our conduct continues to harm others, we are quite sure to
drink. (70:1)
20.If
we have been thorough about our personal inventory, we have written down a lot.
(70:3)
21.We
have listed and analyzed our resentments. (70:3)
22.We
have begun to comprehend their futility and their fatality. (70:3)
23.We
have commenced to see their terrible destructiveness. (70:3)
24.We
have begun to learn tolerance, patience and good will toward all men, even our
enemies, for we look on them as sick people. (70:3)
25.We
have listed the people we have hurt by our conduct, and are willing to
straighten out the past if we can. (70:3)
Fifth Step Promises:
1. In
actual practice, we usually find a solitary self-appraisal insufficient. (72:2)
2. If
we skip this vital step, we may not overcome drinking. (72:2)
3. They
took inventory all right, but hung on to some of the worst items in stock. They
only thought they had lost their egoism and fear; they only thought
they had humbled themselves. But they had not learned enough of humility,
fearlessness and honesty, in the sense we find it necessary, until they told
someone else all their life story. (73:0)
4. We
must be entirely honest with somebody if we expect to live long or happily in
this world. (73:4)
5. Once
we have taken this step, withholding nothing, we are delighted. (75:2)
6. We
can look the world in the eye. (75:2)
7. We
can be alone at perfect peace and ease. (75:2)
8. Our
fears fall from us. (75:2)
9. We
begin to feel the nearness of our Creator. (75:2)
10.We
may have had certain spiritual beliefs, but now we begin to have a spiritual
experience. (75:2)
11.The
feeling that the drink problem has disappeared will often come strongly. (75:2)
12.We
feel we are on the Broad Highway, walking hand in hand with the Spirit of the
Universe. (75:2)
Sixth Step Promises:
None in the Big Book... See the 12 & 12 for promises.
Seventh Step Promises:
None in the Big Book... See the 12 & 12 for promises.
Eighth Step Promises:
1. Now
we need more action, without which we find that "Faith without works is dead."
(76:3)
Ninth Step Promises:
1. We
are there to sweep off our side of the street, realizing that nothing worth
while can be accomplished until we do so, never trying to tell him what he
should do. (77:2)
2. If
our manner is calm, frank, and open, we will be gratified with the result.
(78:0)
3. In
nine cases out of ten the unexpected happens. (78:1)
4. Rarely
do we fail to make satisfactory progress. (78:1)
5. We
must lose our fear of creditors no matter how far we have to go, for we are
liable to drink if we are afraid to face them. (78:2)
6. Perhaps
there are some cases where the utmost frankness is demanded. No outsider can
appraise such an intimate situation. (82:1)
7. Yes,
there is a long period of reconstruction ahead. We must take the lead. A
remorseful mumbling that we are sorry won't fill the bill at all. (83:1)
8. If
we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before
we are half way through. (83:4)
9. We
are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. (83:4)
10.We
will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. (83:4)
11.We
will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. (83:4)
12.No
matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can
benefit others. (84:0)
13.That
feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. (84:0)
14.We
will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. (84:0)
15.Self-seeking
will slip away. (84:0)
16.Our
whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. (84:0)
17.Fear
of people and of economic insecurity will leave us. (84:0)
18.We
will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. (84:0)
19.We
will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for
ourselves. (84:0)
20.Are
these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among
us-sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work
for them. (84:1)
Tenth Step
Promises:
1. We
continue to take personal inventory and continue to set right any new mistakes
as we go along. (84:2)
2. We
vigorously commenced this way of living as we cleaned up the past. (84:2)
3. We
have entered the world of the Spirit. (84:2)
4. Love
and tolerance of others is our code. (84:2)
5. We
have ceased fighting anything or anyone even alcohol. (84:3)
6. For
by this time sanity will have returned. (84:3)
7. We
will seldom be interested in liquor. If tempted, we recoil from it as from a
hot flame. (84:3)
8. We
react sanely and normally, and we will find that this has happened
automatically. (85:0)
9. We
will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given us without any
thought or effort on our part. It just comes! That is the miracle of it.
(85:0)
10.We
are not fighting it, neither are we avoiding temptation. (85:0)
11.We
feel as though we had been placed in a position of neutrality-safe and
protected. (85:0)
12.We
have not even sworn off. Instead, the problem has been removed. It does not
exist for us. (85:0)
13.We
are neither cocky nor are we afraid. (85:0)
14.That
is our experience. That is how we react so long as we keep in fit spiritual
condition. (85:0)
15.We
are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe. (85:1)
16.We
are not cured of alcoholism. (85:1)
17.What
we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our
spiritual condition. (85:1)
18.Every
day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all of our
activities. (85:1)
19."How
can I best serve Thee-Thy will (not mine) be done." These are thoughts which
must go with us constantly. (85:1)
20.We
can exercise our will power along this line all we wish. It is the proper use
of the will. (85:1)
21.If
we have carefully followed directions, we have begun to sense the flow of His
Spirit into us. (85:2)
22.To
some extent we have become God-conscious. (85:2)
23.We
have begun to develop this vital sixth sense. But we must go further and that
means more action. (85:2)
Eleventh Step Promises:
1. We
shouldn't be shy on this matter of prayer. Better men than we are using it
constantly. It works, if we have the proper attitude and work at it. (85:3)
2. We
ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from
self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. Under these conditions we can
employ our mental faculties with assurance, for after all God gave us brains to
use. (86:2)
3. Our
thought-life will be placed on a much higher plane when our thinking is cleared
of wrong motives. (86:2)
4. We
are often surprised how the right answers come after we have tried this for a
while. (86:3)
5. What
used to be the hunch or the occasional inspiration gradually becomes a working
part of the mind. (87:0)
6. Nevertheless,
we find that our thinking will, as time passes, be more and more on the plane of
inspiration. We come to rely upon it. (87:0)
7. We
are careful never to pray for our own selfish ends. Many of us have wasted a
lot of time doing that and it doesn't work. (87:1)
8. We
constantly remind ourselves we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to
ourselves many times each day "Thy will be done." We are then in much less
danger of excitement, fear, anger, worry, self-pity, or foolish decisions.
(87:3)
9. We
become much more efficient. (88:0)
10.We
do not tire so easily, for we are not burning up energy foolishly as we did when
we were trying to arrange life to suit ourselves. (88:0)
11.
It
works-it really does. (88:1)
12.
"Faith
without works is dead." (88:3)
Twelfth Step Promises:
1. Practical
experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as
intensive work with other alcoholics. It works when other activities fail.
(89:1)
2. Carry
this message to other alcoholics! You can help when no one else can. (89:1)
3. You
can secure their confidence when others fail. (89:1)
4. Life
will take on new meaning. (89:2)
5. Frequent
contact with newcomers and with each other is the bright spot of our lives.
(89:2)
6. Unfortunately
a lot of prejudice exists. You will be handicapped if you arouse it. (89:3)
7. Ministers
and doctors are competent and you can learn much from them if you wish, but it
happens that because of your own drinking experience you can be uniquely useful
to other alcoholics. (89:3)
8. To
be vital, faith must be accompanied by self sacrifice and unselfish,
constructive action. (93:2)
9. You
should not be offended if he wants to call it off, for he has helped you more
than you have helped him. (94:1)
10.You
will be most successful with alcoholics if you do not exhibit any passion for
crusade or reform. (95:1)
11.We
have no monopoly on God; we merely have an approach that worked with us. (95:4)
12.Helping
others is the foundation stone of your recovery. (97:1)
13.A
kindly act once in a while isn't enough. You have to act the Good Samaritan
every day, if need be. (97:1)
14.The
men who cry for money and shelter before conquering alcohol, are on the wrong
track. (98:0)
15.Some
of us have taken very hard knocks to learn this truth: job or no job-wife or no
wife-we simply do not stop drinking
so long as we place dependence upon other people ahead of dependence on God.
(98:1)
16.Burn
the idea into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of
anyone. The only condition is that he trust in God and clean house. (98:2)
17.Remind
the prospect that his recovery is not dependent upon people. It is dependent
upon his relationship with God. (99:3)
18.If
you persist, remarkable things will happen. (100:1)
19.When
we look back, we realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves
in God's hands were better than anything we could have planned. (100:1)
20.Follow
the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and
wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances! (100:1)
21.Assuming
we are spiritually fit, we can do all sorts of things alcoholics are not
supposed to do. (100:4)
22.An
alcoholic who cannot meet them, still has an alcoholic mind; there is something
the matter with his spiritual status. (101:1)
23.In
our belief any scheme of combating alcoholism which proposes to shield the sick
man from temptation is doomed to failure. (101:2)
24.At
a proper time and place explain to all your friends why alcohol disagrees with
you. If you do this thoroughly, few people will ask you to drink. (102:1)
25.Keep
on the firing line of life with these motives and God will keep you unharmed.
(102:2)
26.We
would not even do the cause of temperate drinking any good, for not one drinker
in a thousand likes to be told anything about alcohol by one who hates it.
(103:1)
27.After
all, our problems were of our own making. Bottles were only a symbol. (103:3)
28.Besides,
we have stopped fighting anybody or anything. We have to! (103:3)
Miscellaneous Promises:
1. The
power of God goes deep! (114:1)
2. If
God can solve the age-old riddle of alcoholism, He can solve your problems too.
(116:2)
3. You
will lose the old life to find one much better. (120:0)
4. All
problems will not be solved at once. Seed has started to sprout in a new soil,
but growth has only begun. In spite of your new-found happiness, there will be
ups and downs. Many of the old problems will still be with you. This is as it
should be. (117:1)
5. The
faith and sincerity of both you and your husband will be put to the test. These
work-outs should be regarded as
part of your education, for thus you will be learning to live. You will make
mistakes, but if you are in earnest they will not drag you down. Instead, you
will capitalize them. A better way of life will emerge when they are overcome.
(117:2)
6. You
and your husband will find that you can dispose of serious problems easier than
you can the trivial ones. (118:1)
7. Patience,
tolerance, understanding and love are the watchwords. Show him these things in
yourself and they will be reflected back to you from him. (118:2)