Walk the Walk
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 his entire four years of college.
He is brilliant. Kind of profound and very, very bright. He became a drunk while attending college.
Across the street from the campus is a well-dressed, very conservative church. They have AA meetings in the basement.They want the students to come
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
down the aisle looking for a seat.
The meetings is completely packed and he can't find a seat. By now, people are really looking a bit uncomfortable, but no one says anything.
Bill gets closer and closer and closer to the front, and when he realizes there are no seats, he just squats down right on the floor.
By now the people are really uptight, and the tension in the air is thick.
About this time, the secretary realizes that from way at the back of the church, a older member is slowly making his way toward Bill.
Now this long timer deacon is in his eighties, has silver-gray hair, and a three-piece suit. A godly 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 man's cane. All eyes are focused on him. You can't even hear anyone breathing. The secretary
can't even introduce the speaker 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 sits with him so he
won't be alone.
Everyone chokes up with emotion. When the secretary 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!"
By: Ben W.