Friday, May 20, 2016
Today's Gift
All of us are a little afraid of growth. We wonder how growth will change our lives. Who will we be? Will our friend still love us? Can't we grow up and get in over with? Why does it take so long?
All of us have a need to keep growing. There is no age when we're "all grown up" and all done learning. But we don't need to rush our growth. Like a child on a too-big bicycle, at times we'll find ourselves out of control. We'll tip over. We can grow at our own pace, but we must grow.
Today
Today is the day. Doing our best, living each day to the fullest is the art of living.
Yesterday is gone, and we don’t know whether we will be here tomorrow.
If we do a good job of living today, and if tomorrow comes for us,
then the chances are we will do a good job when it arrives—so why worry about it?
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 357
Thought to Ponder . . .
Every day is a gift. That is why we call it the present.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
S I T = Stay In Today.
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Changing conditions
by Ralph Marston
Accept, adjust, act and evaluate. It’s a great strategy for successfully handling changing conditions.
When something that previously worked no longer works, accept the fact that things have changed. Embrace the new reality of what is, so you’ll have the power to work with it.
Adjust your approach based on what you see. No matter what has happened to change things, there is always value to be found and always a way to utilize that value.
Go ahead and take action. Your new approach may or may not work, and the way to know for sure is to move forward with it.
Evaluate the results you get. Learn from what went wrong and from what went right.
The world is constantly changing, and new possibilities are being born every moment. Accept what has changed, adjust to it, take action, learn, and keep going until you get the results you seek.
It only takes one person to change your life - you. —Ruth Casey
Change is not easy, but it's absolutely unavoidable. Doors will close. Barriers will surface. Frustrations will mount. Nothing stays the same forever, and it's such folly to wish otherwise. Growth accompanies positive change; determining to risk the outcome resulting from a changed behavior or attitude will enhance our self-perceptions. We will have moved forward; in every instance our lives will be influenced by making a change that only each of us can make.
We have all dreaded the changes we knew we had to make. Perhaps even now we fear some impending changes. Where might they take us? It's difficult accepting that the outcome is not ours to control. Only the effort is ours. The solace is that positive changes, which we know are right for us and other people in our lives, are never going to take us astray. In fact, they are necessary for the smooth path just beyond this stumbling block.
When we are troubled by circumstances in our lives, a change is called for, a change that we must initiate. When we reflect on our recent as well as distant past, we will remember that the changes we most dreaded again and again have positively influenced our lives in untold ways.
Change ushers in glad, not bad, tidings.
From Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women by Karen Casey ©
From: Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation - Thought for the Day http://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/recovery/thought-for-the-day
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Be not afraid of growing slowing, be afraid only of standing still. ---Chinese proverb
Be not afraid of growing slowing, be afraid only of standing still. ---Chinese proverb
All of us are a little afraid of growth. We wonder how growth will change our lives. Who will we be? Will our friend still love us? Can't we grow up and get in over with? Why does it take so long?
All of us have a need to keep growing. There is no age when we're "all grown up" and all done learning. But we don't need to rush our growth. Like a child on a too-big bicycle, at times we'll find ourselves out of control. We'll tip over. We can grow at our own pace, but we must grow.
Action for the Day: We must make changes. Or else, like an athlete on a too-small bicycle, we won't get far. We'll tip over too!
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
Today
Today is the day. Doing our best, living each day to the fullest is the art of living.
Yesterday is gone, and we don’t know whether we will be here tomorrow.
If we do a good job of living today, and if tomorrow comes for us,
then the chances are we will do a good job when it arrives—so why worry about it?
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 357
Thought to Ponder . . .
Every day is a gift. That is why we call it the present.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
S I T = Stay In Today.
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
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Daily Motivation
Changing conditions
by Ralph Marston
Accept, adjust, act and evaluate. It’s a great strategy for successfully handling changing conditions.
When something that previously worked no longer works, accept the fact that things have changed. Embrace the new reality of what is, so you’ll have the power to work with it.
Adjust your approach based on what you see. No matter what has happened to change things, there is always value to be found and always a way to utilize that value.
Go ahead and take action. Your new approach may or may not work, and the way to know for sure is to move forward with it.
Evaluate the results you get. Learn from what went wrong and from what went right.
The world is constantly changing, and new possibilities are being born every moment. Accept what has changed, adjust to it, take action, learn, and keep going until you get the results you seek.
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