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The 12 Promises


One

If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through.

Two

We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.

Three

We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.

Four

We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.

Five

No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.

Six

That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear.

Seven

We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.

Eight

Self-seeking will slip away.

Nine

Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.

Ten

Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us.

Eleven

We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us.

Twelve

We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.