WHY WE WERE CHOSEN.... GOD in his wisdom selected this group of men and women to be the purveyors of HIS goodness. in selecting them through whom to bring about this penomenon, He went instead to the humble, to the sick, to the unfortunate called weaklings of the world. well might He have said to us, " Unto your weak, and feeble hands I have entrusted a power beyond estimate. To you has been given that which has been denied the most learned of your fellows. Not to the scientists or statesmen, not to wives or mothers, not even to my priests or ministers have I given this gift of healing other alcoholics which i entrust to you. It must be used ubselfishly, it carries with it grave responsibility. No day can be too long, no demands upon your time can be too urgent, no case can be too pitiful, no task too hard, no effort too great. It must be used with tolerance for I have restricted its application to no race, no creed,and no denomination. Personal criticism you must expect, lack of appreciation will be common, redicule will be your lot, your motives will be misjudged. You must be prepaired for adversity, for what men call adversity is the ladder you must use to accend the rungs toward spiritual perfection, and remember, in the exercise of this power, I shall not exact you from beyond your capabilities. You are selected because of exceptional talents, and be careful always, if success attends your efforts not to ascribe to personal superiority that to which you can only by virtue of my gift. If I had wanted learned men to accomplish this mission, the power would have been entrusted to the physician and the scientist. If I had wanted eloquent men, there would have been many anxious for the assignment, for talk is the easiest used of all which I have endowed mankind. If I had wanted scholarly men, the world is filled with better qualified men than you who would be available. You were selected because you jave been the outcasts of the world and your long experience as drunkards has made or should make you humbly alert to the cries of distress that come from the lonley hearts of alcoholics everywhere. "Keep ever in your mind the admission you make on the day of your profession in AA, namely that you are powerless and that it was only with your willingness to turn your life and will unto my keeping that relief came to you."
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