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Bill

Every once in awhile you get one
you have to pass on....

This is such a great example of AA.
His name is Bill.
He has wild hair,
wears a T-shirt with holes in it,
jeans, and no shoes.
This was literally his wardrobe
for the past four years of life.
He is brilliant.
Kind of profound and very, very bright.
He became an alcoholic
while attending college.
Things have only gone down hill since.

Across the street from the campus
is a well-dressed,
very conservative A.A. club.
They want to develop a meeting
for the students
but are not sure how to go about it.

One day Bill decides to go there.
He walks in with no shoes,
jeans, his T-shirt, and wild hair.
The meeting has already started
and so Bill starts looking around
the room for a seat.

The room is completely packed
and he can't find a seat.
By now,
the well dressed people
are really looking
a bit uncomfortable,
but no one says anything.

Bill gets closer and closer and closer
to the front of the room,
and when he realizes
there are no seats,
he just squats down right
on the carpet.

By now the people are really uptight,
and the tension in the air is thick.

About this time,
the evening's speaker realizes
that from way at the back of the meeting,
an "old timer" is slowly
making his way toward Bill.

Now the "old timer" is in his eighties,
and has silver-gray hair,
and a three-piece suit.
A spiritual man, very elegant,
very dignified, very courtly.
He walks with a cane and,
as he starts walking toward this boy.
Everyone is saying to themselves
that you can't blame him for
what he's going to do.

How can you expect a man
of his age
and of his background
to understand some
college kid on the floor?

It takes a long time for
the man to reach the boy.
The meeting is utterly silent
except for the clicking
of the old man's cane.
All eyes are focused on him.
You can't even hear anyone breathing.
The speaker can't even continue
the meeting until the "old timer"
does what he has to do.
And now they see this elderly man
drop his cane on the floor.
With great difficulty,
he lowers himself
and sits down next to Bill
and welcomes him so he
doesn't feel outcast and alone.
Everyone chokes up with emotion.
When the speaker gains control,
he says,

"What I'm about to say,
you will never remember.
What you have just seen,
you will never forget."
"Be careful how you live.
You may be the only Big Book
some people will ever read".

I asked our Creator to bless you
as I prayed for you today.
To guide you and protect you
as you go along your way....
God's love is always with you,
God's promises are true,
and when we give God all our cares,
You know God will see us through.

Pass this to People you want God to Bless.