Thursday, December 3, 2015
Today's Gift
Always tying to please others is definitely an assured path to stress and failures in life. ― Edmond Mbiaka
The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey
A man and his son headed to market with their donkey. A man on a horse passed them and asked, "Why aren't you riding your donkey?"
The man placed his son on the donkey, and they continued on their way. They passed by a family working in their fields. A young girl said. "Look at that lazy boy riding while his father is walking."
The man told his son to get off the donkey, and he climbed on. They passed a group of women and one said, "What a selfish man, making his son walk while he rides."
The man asked his son to climb up on the donkey with him. They passed a traveler on the road, who said, "That poor donkey is carrying too much weight."
Not knowing what to do, the man and his son began to carry the donkey. But the donkey kicked so violently they released their hold and the donkey ran away.
The Moral of the story: In striving to please everyone, you end up pleasing no one.
Striving to be a people-pleaser can make you feel as if what you are doing is never right, and you lose your ability to make your own decision.
I will choose to do what is right for me.
From the book Morning Light ©
From: Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation - Thought for the Day http://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/recovery/thought-for-the-day
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Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Walk In Dry Places
Friendship
Spaces in Togetherness
One of the beautiful aspects of AA is the bonding that develops among members. We truly do achieve a closeness with some people that is unlike anything we ever had before.
The danger in such friendships is that we may become too close in some ways. Without realizing it, we may be making too many demands on others' time. This can become suffocating to them and eventually detrimental to the friendship.
In such situations, we need to remember the words of Kahlil Gibran; "Let there be spaces in your togetherness." However, close we feel to others, we must allow them their space.
We should also remember to respect others' privacy as well as their anonymity. Life should give us close friendships, but not to the point of suffocation.
Action for the day: I'll remember today not to overstep my boundaries in any friendship. There must be spaces in our togetherness.
From: Bluidkiti's Alcohol and Drug Addictions Recovery Help/Support Forums
Daily Recovery Readings - http://www.bluidkiti.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=2
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One Day At A Time
An Unshakable Foundation
There is a direct linkage among self-examination, meditation, and prayer.
Taken separately, these practices can bring much relief and benefit.
But when they are logically related and interwoven, the result is an unshakeable foundation for life.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 98
Thought to Ponder . . .
What is now proved was once only imagined.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
P U S H = Pray Until Something Happens.
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Giving kindness
by Ralph Marston
Giving kindness feels better than just about anything you could get. Giving kindness improves the world, and you can do it any time you choose.
When you become outraged by negativity, then negativity has won. Instead, become kinder, more tolerant, understanding and compassionate.
Make kindness a key part of whatever you say. Include genuine kindness in whatever you do.
Boasting and self-centeredness are quickly forgotten, if they are even noticed in the first place. Kindness is long remembered and deeply appreciated.
Kindness is a sure sign of strength. Exercise your strength with kindness and you grow even stronger.
The world can always benefit from more kindness. Give it some more, every chance you get.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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