Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Today's Gift
Many of us have felt so insecure, so poor, or so much the underdog that we made a fervent promise to ourselves that we'd come out on top later. We know how weak we felt, and that image continues to be our guiding force long after the weakness was overcome. We may have spiritual problems because we are blind to the reality of our present life. While grasping for more security, more love, more money, or trying to lose more weight or attract more friends, we fail to stop and realize the real rewards we already have today. We are driven by the memory of pain and insecurity, rather than rising above it and relating to the higher principles and people around us. Getting more control or more achievements does not solve our spiritual problems, but by making peace with the fact that life is insecure.
A Practical Philosophy
Any of us can handle just one day; all each of us has to try at is our own job, our own family life.
We don’t have to try fixing up the whole world or understanding what no theologian of any faith has ever understood. We simply stop messing in our Higher Power’s business.
And in my opinion, when we stop messing and stop worrying, we have turned our will and our lives over to our Higher Power (or Good) as we understand (or don’t understand) Them.
- Came To Believe . . ., p. 116
Thought to Ponder . . .
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
O D A A T = One Day At A Time
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Positive and realistic
by Ralph Marston
Being positive about your prospects will improve your prospects. You’ll be more energetic, more persistent, more effective.
A positive perspective might be justified, or it might not be. In either case, it’s the best choice.
Being positive does not mean you must deny that negative factors exist. Rather, it means you commit yourself to successfully working through those negative influences.
You’ll encounter plenty of challenges pushing back against your efforts. Don’t let your own outlook be one of those challenges.
Though negativity might be the most obvious reaction, it is not in your best interest. You can always choose to be both positive and realistic.
Give yourself the advantage of a positive perspective. No matter how difficult the situation, being positive will put you in the best position to deal with it.
We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't, it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions. —Jessamyn West
To live fully and creatively, to contribute what is only ours to give, requires that we be receptive, wholly, to the reverberations of each present moment. Even anticipation of what may transpire next can prejudice our minds, our level of awareness. Preconceptions cloud our senses. They prevent the actual situation from being fully realized. And it is only in the now, as sensed moment by moment, that we find our cues to proceed along the path chosen for us.
...Only when we attune ourselves to the invitation of the moment do we give of ourselves, wholly...
I will look to each moment with childish eyes. I'll find joy and contentment.
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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The lust for power is not rooted in strength but in weakness. --Erich Fromm
The lust for power is not rooted in strength but in weakness. --Erich Fromm
Many of us have felt so insecure, so poor, or so much the underdog that we made a fervent promise to ourselves that we'd come out on top later. We know how weak we felt, and that image continues to be our guiding force long after the weakness was overcome. We may have spiritual problems because we are blind to the reality of our present life. While grasping for more security, more love, more money, or trying to lose more weight or attract more friends, we fail to stop and realize the real rewards we already have today. We are driven by the memory of pain and insecurity, rather than rising above it and relating to the higher principles and people around us. Getting more control or more achievements does not solve our spiritual problems, but by making peace with the fact that life is insecure.
Action for the Day: Today, I will let go of my grasping for more. I will let go of it again and again throughout the day so I am not ruled by this weakness.
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
A Practical Philosophy
Any of us can handle just one day; all each of us has to try at is our own job, our own family life.
We don’t have to try fixing up the whole world or understanding what no theologian of any faith has ever understood. We simply stop messing in our Higher Power’s business.
And in my opinion, when we stop messing and stop worrying, we have turned our will and our lives over to our Higher Power (or Good) as we understand (or don’t understand) Them.
- Came To Believe . . ., p. 116
Thought to Ponder . . .
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
O D A A T = One Day At A Time
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Positive and realistic
by Ralph Marston
Being positive about your prospects will improve your prospects. You’ll be more energetic, more persistent, more effective.
A positive perspective might be justified, or it might not be. In either case, it’s the best choice.
Being positive does not mean you must deny that negative factors exist. Rather, it means you commit yourself to successfully working through those negative influences.
You’ll encounter plenty of challenges pushing back against your efforts. Don’t let your own outlook be one of those challenges.
Though negativity might be the most obvious reaction, it is not in your best interest. You can always choose to be both positive and realistic.
Give yourself the advantage of a positive perspective. No matter how difficult the situation, being positive will put you in the best position to deal with it.
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