Thursday, April 1, 2010
Today's Gift
Today's Gift
Going Easy
Go easy. You may have to push forward, but you don't have to push so hard. Go in gentleness - go in peace.
Do not be in so much of a hurry. At no day, no hour, no time are you required to do more than you can do in peace.
Frantic behaviors and urgency are not the foundation for our new way of life.
Do not be in too much of a hurry to begin. Begin, but do not force the beginning if it is not time. Beginnings will arrive soon enough.
Enjoy and relish middles, the heart of the matter.
Do not be in too much of a hurry to finish. You may be almost done, but enjoy the final moments. Give yourself fully to those moments so that you may give and get all there is.
Let the pace flow naturally. Move forward. Start. Keep moving forward. Do it gently, though. Do it in peace. Cherish each moment.
Today, Higher Power, help me focus on a peaceful pace rather than a harried one. I will keep moving forward gently, not frantically. Help me let go of my need to be anxious, upset, and harried. Help me replace it with a need to be a peace and in harmony.
From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved.
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Twenty-Four Hours A Day
Walk in Dry Places
Guidance
There are no coincidences
Here's an exercise that can strengthen your belief in a Higher Power: Review your life for seemingly insignificant things that were actually major turning points. A chance meeting, for example, may have resulted in an astonishing career opportunity for lifelong romance. Such surprises come to everybody, and people often wonder what their lives would have been like without these "coincidences." The founding of AA also seemed to be a series of coincidences and chance happenings. The message reached Bill W. by a circular route, and then an unexpected business opportunity took him to Akron, Ohio, where he finally met Dr. Bob. The unusual aspect was that Akron just "Happened" to have stalwart members of the Oxford Group, the same fellowship that had helped Bill W. People with strong spiritual foundations in AA have come to see these happenings not as coincidences but as the guidance of a Higher power. This Higher Power was…and is… continuously working through inspired people. We'll find similar chance happenings for good in our own lives. We don't control them except by keeping our own house in order. This assures us that the outcome of any " coincidence" will be favorable.
Action for the Day: I'll carry on my activities today without trying to second-guess what my Higher Power has in mind for me. At the same time, I'll know that a superior intelligence is directing my affairs in wonderful ways.
Guidance
There are no coincidences
Here's an exercise that can strengthen your belief in a Higher Power: Review your life for seemingly insignificant things that were actually major turning points. A chance meeting, for example, may have resulted in an astonishing career opportunity for lifelong romance. Such surprises come to everybody, and people often wonder what their lives would have been like without these "coincidences." The founding of AA also seemed to be a series of coincidences and chance happenings. The message reached Bill W. by a circular route, and then an unexpected business opportunity took him to Akron, Ohio, where he finally met Dr. Bob. The unusual aspect was that Akron just "Happened" to have stalwart members of the Oxford Group, the same fellowship that had helped Bill W. People with strong spiritual foundations in AA have come to see these happenings not as coincidences but as the guidance of a Higher power. This Higher Power was…and is… continuously working through inspired people. We'll find similar chance happenings for good in our own lives. We don't control them except by keeping our own house in order. This assures us that the outcome of any " coincidence" will be favorable.
Action for the Day: I'll carry on my activities today without trying to second-guess what my Higher Power has in mind for me. At the same time, I'll know that a superior intelligence is directing my affairs in wonderful ways.
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One Day At A Time
Willingness
The more I am willing to help others, the more rewards I receive.
That's what practicing the principles means to me.
Fun and benefits for me are in the willingness to do the actions,
not to get immediate results.
Being a little kinder, a little slower to anger,
a little more loving makes my life better -- day by day.
- Daily Reflections, p. 109
Thought to ponder . . .
Into action, out of self.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
W O W = Willingness Over Willpower.
The more I am willing to help others, the more rewards I receive.
That's what practicing the principles means to me.
Fun and benefits for me are in the willingness to do the actions,
not to get immediate results.
Being a little kinder, a little slower to anger,
a little more loving makes my life better -- day by day.
- Daily Reflections, p. 109
Thought to ponder . . .
Into action, out of self.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
W O W = Willingness Over Willpower.
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Daily Motivation
Daily Motivation
Foolishness
Just because you appear foolish, doesn't mean you are. In fact, some of the most brilliant, creative people can often appear to be quite foolish at first.
Anything that's out of the ordinary can seem foolish. Yet the way to make real progress is to go beyond what's ordinary and expected.
Don't live in fear of looking foolish. Because you'll discount your best ideas before you even have the chance to explore them.
There's nothing to be gained by proving how ordinary you are. Instead, find the great value in your own uniqueness and let that value freely flow from you.
There is so much of your own special creativity and innovation within you. Don't hold it back out of worries about what other people might think.
Let your words and actions be true to the unique, authentic person you are. And if others see you as foolish, that's just their own foolishness.
-- Ralph Marston
Anything that's out of the ordinary can seem foolish. Yet the way to make real progress is to go beyond what's ordinary and expected.
Don't live in fear of looking foolish. Because you'll discount your best ideas before you even have the chance to explore them.
There's nothing to be gained by proving how ordinary you are. Instead, find the great value in your own uniqueness and let that value freely flow from you.
There is so much of your own special creativity and innovation within you. Don't hold it back out of worries about what other people might think.
Let your words and actions be true to the unique, authentic person you are. And if others see you as foolish, that's just their own foolishness.
-- Ralph Marston
(Usual disclaimer applies: The suggestions on this blog are just that “SUGGESTIONS.” My words cannot heal your pain and or addictions. Nor can I change your life. Only you can.)
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