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Over The Rainbow / What A Wonderful World - "Iz" Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakaw...

Gratitude and Thanksgiving

You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.
Charles Dickens

We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
Albert Schweitzer

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
Alphonse Karr

He said he got up to the line and thought about his wife and daughter, and everything he had to be thankful for.

Spoken after an interview with Derek Parra, immediately following his silver medal winning2002 Olympic performance.

Gratitude: A lively sense of future benefit. A French Definition

I think I learned to appreciate and treasure each day,because you don't know how many you're going to be given.
US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

None of those material possessions do anythingto make your life any better....I know a lot of people who have a lot of everything, and they're absolutely the most miserable people in the world. So it won't do anything for you unless you're a happy person and can have peace with yourself.
Lenny Kravitz

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around
Willie Nelson

If you haven’t all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don’t have that you wouldn’t want.
Unknown

Playing For Change | I've Got Dreams To Remember

Playing For Change I've Got Dreams To Remember

BIRTHDAY MEETING

Remember that we meet next Thursday, 30 September, at North Mountain Park.

Please - no dogs/no kids; bring chairs. And, since there is a charcoal/open fire ban in effect at the park, we will need grills , (no, not girls - in case you are dyslexic).

If you can bring one, please coordinate with Jeff 'Pickles' Knapp
Tel: (602) 312-3300 or email to

pik1es@msn.com

Daily Meditation

Hour To Hour - The First 30 Days',- by Shelly Marshall

If we are in the program on a basis of 'temporary permanence' (we'll stay until we find something better), then we need to re-evaluate.

Addiction is cunning, baffling, and powerful and will always convince us it's better than sobriety. We can only make this program if we commit ourselves each day, every day.

This hour I will not take a fix, pill, drink, smoke, or snort of any mind-affecting chemical.

Failure Is Not An End

What To Do If We Fail
By Georgy ------

What to do if we fail?


A journalist was interviewing the chairman of a reputed company. “What is the secret of your success?”, the journalist asked. “Taking the correct decision – it is the secret of my success”, said the man. “How could you practice yourself in taking the correct decisions?” “Experiences taught me.” “How could you manage to get those experiences?, the journalist raised another question. “Through the wrong decisions and I learnt from its consequences,” replied the chairman.


There are failures in the life of every victorious one. There can be none who did not have a failure. All the Apostles failed once. There was failure in the life of Abraham, the father of the faithful. Moses who had been a law giver, chosen one to liberate the people of Israel and the greatest leader of human history, had failed in life. David, the man after the heart of God and the glorious king of Israel too had failures in his life.

Though they had failures, they became successful men because they did not see failure as an end. They were not ready to give up life in front of failures. They continued their journey of life depending on God.


So, we should never see our failures and shortcomings as the end of everything. There is yet more life. Restart with much more hope. Don’t get frozen thinking over the drawbacks in prayer life and spiritual ministry. Start again anew.


You may be a person who failed miserably in the academic life, work place or in business. Failure is not an end. Get up and move forward. Your life will surely turn out to be a success.
Do not grow introvert over the frail family and personal relationships. There is enough time and more opportunities. Look with hope into the future and restart the journey of life.


It is not the failures that decide the success of life. Instead, it is what we think and act after our failures. The prophet says, “those who trust in the Lord will stand up even though they fall, they shall rise up on wings like eagles.”


Prayer:
Lord, strengthen our faith as if no failures could shatter. Teach us not to see failures as an end but as an opportunity for a new beginning. Make us convinced that the success of life is not always being victorious or not committing any mistake. Bless us with trust and hope in order to move forward in our life without giving away to despair. Amen.


- – - written by Benny Punnathara, Chief Editor, Shalom Tidings

I waited patiently for the Lord, HE inclined and heard my cry

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Remember that we meet next Thursday - 16 Sept. - at the Washington Activity

Fellow Knight Rich 'The Negotiator' Cooley rewuested I pass this invitation on to the fellowship.

Are you ready for some football at the Buddha Bro.'s Cigar Company?!!!! Rich Cooley & I want to invite you down for fun and football, every Monday night!

Where can you go, enjoy a Monday Night Football Game, smoke your favorite cigar, eat, drink, and be part of a season-long progressive football pool? The Buddha Brothers Cigar Company, of course.

Twenty bucks gets you Italian pizza & food from Rosatti's, beverages, alcoholic and non-alcoholic, and member prices on cigars.

Ten bucks more gets you entered into a weekly Fifty-Fifty drawing for the total points scored for the game (closest to the total score) wins. Each week the winner will be recorded. Total wins by season end culminate with the Gigantic Super Bowl Party at the Buddha, the winner or winners will be presented with a $250 Buddha Brothers Cigar Company Gift Cetificate . There will be lots of door prizes and surprises on the Buddha path to the Super Bowl.

Come join us for a great Football Season in "Buddha style". Don't forget to bring a few dollars to donate to our Buddha Brothers charity for Disabled American Veterans (The Sentinels of Freedom).

If you can't make it for the game, but want to be in the pool, just email me your total points for the game BEFORE game time, and I will enter you on your honor, of course. You can also call me at 602-885-2923, or at the store, 480-563-3734. Remember Monday night football starts September 13th, 2 games. Look forward to your winning scores!

buddhabrotherscigars.com

For the managing members,

Tony Maggiore & Rich Cooley (cell 201-206-4630)

Wake Up Everybody

SEPTEMBER MEETINGS LOCATION

Knights of the Roundtable

Our schedule for the next 3 meetings:

September 9th; 16th; and 23rd @ 7 PM

at:
Washington Activity Center
2240 W. Citrus Way, Phoenix, AZ  85015
1 block east of 23rd Ave. and 1 block south of Maryland Ave.

Here is their website address so that you can see what the center is about.

ww.phoenix.gov/PRL/wac.html

SRI (AA) Round-Up @ Chapparel Suites, Scottsdale - Aug 13-15
The Knights are obligated to the Friday 11pm-12am time slot for the Hospitality Suite.
We need 4-5 guys to show up with main fare, i.e., 10 pizzas from Costco or a couple of 6' subs; + munchies. About $100 bucks worth to be reimbursed. Jeff Baker and Chuck Parkhurst have the time slot for the NP Mens Stag, 10pm - 11pm, so look for them or check in with David W.

Please confirm with me that you are getting in on this commitment.
For further questions call David Wollenberg (602) 769-8100.



SVI (CA) - Apache Lake Round-Up - 2011
Message from Harold W. as the Marathon Meetng Chair

Hello my fellow Knights,
The annual CA Apache Lake Round-up is looking for fifty or more individuals with ninety days of sobriety or more to chair mtgs at the 2011 Roundup. Also needed are suggestions for the topics of said meetings. Please Email me at haroldwinterhalder@gmail. com with all pertinent info to be of service. For any questions, call me at (602) 465-1971.

Its ten months in the making and God is with us. Thanks for the love and support, also,
if you have any knowledge of this type of event and would like to share, please do.

Thanks and God bless,

Harold Winterhalder


Marathon Meeting Chair

Stand By Me | Playing For Change | Song Around the World

* ANNOUNCEMENTS *

1. The Tues Stag Anniversary Party is this upcoming Sat. July 31 at 3pm. It will be at Gary and Riki W.'s house. 7273 E. Alta Sierra Dr. Scottsdale, Az 85262. The 12 Step B-Day Meeting starts at 6pm. Come and Support. Families welcome!!! Any ? call John Butler 602.234.3435

2 . The SRI 2010 Roundup will be Aug. 13-15 at the Chaparral Suites
Hotel. Here is the link for that. http://www.sriroundup.org/

3. The Payson Roundup is Aug. 27-29 in Payson of course. Here is the
link for this event. http://www.paysonaa.com/

4. The Az State Convention is Sept. 3-5 at the Sheraton Crescent
Hotel. Here is the link to the event. I also will have an attached
flyer and invitation everyday. http://www.area03.org/

5. The 17th Annual Rocky Point RoundUp is Oct. 15-17 in Mexico. Here
is the link for this event. http://www.rockypointroundup.com/

The Beginning

The Beginning

What Faith Can Do - Kutless

FEAR

"I tell you not to worry about everyday life -- whether you have enough." Matthew 6:25

Fear is a mean and selfish girlfriend. She takes all of your time if you let her, bugs you endlessly, robs you (of your peace of mind), demands all of your attention and will consume your mind, spirit and body wreaking havoc and leaving you weak at the knees. Oh yes, she absolutely refuses to share you with anyone so you will find yourself alienating your friends and family. She will, however, share you with her best friend, Worry. Together they will tag team you into a vortex of despair with no return.

If she sounds like the girl for you, think twice. When she's through with you, you will die spiritually and physically. She'll leave you with her trademark gray hair, tired eyes, empty spirit, and some kind of health problem, for sure.

There is no fear that can't be resolved by turning to God. He told us:

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. (Luke 11:9)

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. (John 15:7)

Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. (Mark 11:24)

He is no liar.

If you need practical advice on HOW to do this, here are eight worry-stoppers as written by Max Lucado in his book FEARLESS:

1. Pray first. (God should be your first resort, not your last)
2. Easy, now. Slow down. "Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him" (Ps. 37:7)
3. Act on it. Become a worry-slapper. Treat frets like mosquitoes. As easily as you would swat a pesty mosquitoe, be equally decisive with anxiety. The moment a concern surfaces, deal with it. Be a doer, not a stewer.
4. Compile a worry list. Over a period of days, record your thoughts. Review them and see how many of them turned into a reality?
5. Evaluate your worry categories. Your list will highlight themes of worry. Pray specifically about them.
6. Focus on today. God meets daily needs daily. Not weekly or annually. He will give you what you need when it is needed.
7. Unleash a worry army. Share your feelings with a few loved ones. Ask them to pray with and for you.
8. Let God be enough. "Your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need" (Matt. 6:32)

Eight Steps: {P}ray, {E}asy now, {A}ct on it, {C}ompile a worry list. {E}valuate your worry categories. {F}ocus on today. {U}nleash a worry army. {L}et God be enough.
P-E-A-C-E-F-U-L.