{"id":272,"date":"2025-09-21T01:19:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T01:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/?page_id=272"},"modified":"2025-12-22T03:03:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T03:03:53","slug":"daily-reflection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/en\/daily-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-ast-global-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-3c4056f53f2540fafa21d90b8c6ae4b1 is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained has-background\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);background-image:url(&apos;https:\/\/aaportugal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bailey-zindel-NRQV-hBF10M-unsplash.jpg&apos;);background-position:52% 28.999999999999996%;background-size:cover;\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-0c24969\" id=\"reflexao-diaria\" data-block-id=\"0c24969\"><style>.stk-0c24969 {margin-top:var(--stk--preset--spacing--60, 2.25rem) !important;margin-bottom:var(--stk--preset--spacing--none, 0px) !important;}.stk-0c24969 .stk-block-heading__text{font-size:var(--stk--preset--font-size--x-large, 42px) !important;color:var(--ast-global-color-2) !important;}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px){.stk-0c24969 .stk-block-heading__text{font-size:var(--stk--preset--font-size--x-large, 42px) !important;}}<\/style><h1 class=\"stk-block-heading__text has-text-color has-text-align-center\">Daily Reflection<\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"todays-date\" style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold;\"><span class=\"current-date\">June 3, 2026<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-divider stk-block-divider stk-block stk-ae61304 is-style-asterisks\" data-block-id=\"ae61304\"><style>.stk-ae61304 .stk-block-divider__dot:before{color:var(--ast-global-color-4) !important;font-size:calc(20px * 1.8) !important;}.stk-ae61304 .stk-block-divider__dot{width:20px !important;height:20px !important;}.stk-ae61304 {margin-top:var(--stk--preset--spacing--30, 0.67rem) !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-block-divider__dots\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"stk-block-divider__dot\"><\/div><div class=\"stk-block-divider__dot\"><\/div><div class=\"stk-block-divider__dot\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-a06ac5d\" data-block-id=\"a06ac5d\"><style>.stk-a06ac5d {margin-top:var(--stk--preset--spacing--50, 1.5rem) !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-a06ac5d-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-57a3758\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"57a3758\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-57a3758-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-57a3758-inner-blocks\"><div class=\"daily-reflection\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">ON A WING AND A PRAYER<\/h2><div class=\"reflection-content\">. . . we then look at Step Six. We have emphasized willingness as being indispensable.<p class=\"reflection-citation\" style=\"font-size: 0.9em; color: #666; margin-top: 15px;\">ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 76<\/p><div class=\"reflection-comment\">Steps Four and Five were difficult, but worthwhile. Now I was stuck on Step Six and, in despair, I picked up the Big Book and read this passage. I was outside, praying for willingness, when I raised my eyes and saw a huge bird rising in the sky. I watched it suddenly give itself up to the powerful air currents of the mountains. Swept along, swooping and soaring, the bird did things seemingly impossible for mortal birds to do. It was an inspiring example of a fellow creature &#8220;letting go&#8221;\u009d to a power greater than itself. I realized that if the bird &#8220;took back his will&#8221;\u009d and tried to fly with less trust, on its power alone, it would spoil its apparent free flight. That insight granted me the willingness to pray the Seventh Step prayer. It&#8217;s not easy to know God&#8217;s will in each circumstance. I must search out and be ready for the currents, and that&#8217;s where prayer and meditation help! Because I am, of myself, nothing, I ask God to grant me the knowledge of His will and the power and courage to carry it out-today.<\/div><\/div><p class=\"reflection-copyright\" style=\"font-size: 0.8em; color: #888; margin-top: 20px; font-style: italic;\">Copyright \u00a9 2017 by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-divider stk-block-divider stk-block stk-0491c6d stk-animate\" data-block-id=\"0491c6d\" data-stk-anim-scale-in=\"0.05\"><style>.stk-0491c6d hr.stk-block-divider__hr{height:3px !important;width:24% !important;}.stk-0491c6d {min-height:var(--stk--preset--block-height--none, 0px) !important;align-items:center !important;margin-top:var(--stk--preset--spacing--50, 1.5rem) !important;margin-bottom:-10px !important;display:flex !important;}<\/style><hr class=\"stk-block-divider__hr\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-a1f0ca5\" 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