July 8, 2026 - Action

My thought for today is Action. The Big Book reminds me that the answer to all my problems is more spiritual development and that faith without works is dead. It goes on to say, in the tenth step, that the spiritual life is not a theory. We have to live it. Action is the engine of development. Everything else is just conversation. Action is not just thinking; it is doing. Thinking is when we tell ourselves, Yeah I'm going to do that and doing is when we actually take action and apply the principles we have learned to our lives. My sponsor, may he rest in peace, always told me this is where we take the action necessary to apply the solution to the problem. He was referring to the action steps - 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. If you know what I'm talking about, then you know what to do. If you don't know, then you keep telling yourself, Yeah that's what I'm going to do. Know what I mean, jellybean.