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Volume 54, Issue 4

 
Text Box: Words of encouragement Text Box: “Behold the problem, ask for the answer and accept it when it comes.” Text Box: “ Keep coming back, it works!” Text Box: Sent in by an AA Member, and old Friend…… A Friend... (A)ccepts you as you are. (B)elieves in you. (C)alls you just to say “Hi”. (D)oesn’t give up on you. (E)nvisions the whole of you (even the unfinished parts). (F)orgives your mistakes. (G)ives unconditionally. (H)elps you. (I)nvites you over. (J)ust likes being with you. (K)eeps you close at heart. (L)oves you for who you are. (M)akes a difference in your life. (N)ever judges. (O)ffers support. (P)icks you up. (Q)uiets your fears. (R)aises your spirits. (S)ays nice things about you. (T)ells you the truth when you need to hear it. (U)nderstands you. (V)alues you. (W)alks beside you. (X)-plains things you don’t understand. (Y)ells when you won’t listen. (Z)aps you back to reality. My Paint Brush: I keep my paint brush with me Wherever I may go In case I need to cover up So the real me doesn’t show. I’m so afraid to show you me, Afraid of what you’ll do. You might laugh or say mean things. I’m afraid I might lose you. I’d like to remove all my paint coats To show you the real, true me, But I want you to try to understand, I need you to accept what you see. So if you'll be patient and close your eyes, I’ll strip off all my coats real slow. Please understand how much it hurts To let the real me show. Now my coats are all stripped off. I feel naked, bare and cold, And if you still love me with all that you see, You are my friend, pure as gold. I need to save my paint brush, And hold it in my hand. I want to keep it handy In case someone doesn’t understand. So please protect me, my dear friend And thanks for loving me true, But please let me keep my paint brush with me Until I love me too. Please stay around and become an old time AA’er…………THE ALANO CLUB. Text Box: “Learn to be quiet because His voice is heard in stillness.”