Tuesday, January 18, 2017
Today's Gift
Action for the Day: Before taking any action today I will pause to make certain I am fulfilling my expectations not someone else's. My Higher Power will help me with this task.
From: Bluidkiti's Alcohol and Drug Addictions Recovery Help/Support Forums
Awakening
When a man or a woman has a spiritual awakening,
the most important meaning of it is that he has now become able to do, feel, and believe
that which he could not do on his unaided strength and resources alone.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pp. 106-107
Thought to Ponder . . .
A spiritual awakening is our greatest gift.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
G I F T = God Is Forever There
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Immune to negativity
by Ralph Marston
Today, you will encounter negativity. But just because you encounter it, doesn’t mean you have to be swallowed up by it.
Accept right now that the world is not perfect, situations are not ideal, and people are inconsiderate to varying degrees. Be ready for the negativity, and be ready to be immune to it.
Negativity is unfortunate. Don’t make it your own misfortune by letting it get to you.
Decide in this moment to inoculate yourself. Decide that you will respond to every situation, every person, with gratitude, respect, and commitment to making a positive impact.
Today, and every day, negativity is not your thing. You always have plenty of better options.
Live as a shining example of how great life can be with a positive perspective. And let negativity wither from lack of attention.
We are born in innocence. Corruption comes later. The first fear is a corruption, the first reaching for a something that defies us. The first nuance of difference, the first need to feel better than the different one, more loved, stronger, richer, more blessed--these are corruptions. —Laura Z. Hobson
We are corrupted. To be human is to be corrupted. Our corruptions interfere with our happiness at the very time we are seeking happiness. When we think if only we were better looking, smarter, had a better job, then we'd be happy, we are giving in to corruptions. And these corruptions stifle our growth. We are each who we need to be. We have a supporting role in one another's lives. We can teach and learn from one another.
Growth is choosing to help ourselves and one another to be as we are; to quit making comparisons; to understand our uniqueness; to celebrate our difference, knowing they give intensity to life's colors for us all.
I can celebrate our special and different gifts today. My heart will be lightened.
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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Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Keep It Simple
Sometimes it seems I've spent my life trying to live up to others' expectations of me, and failing. I never thought much about pleasing myself. That would have been "selfish." --JoAnn Reed
We can feel burdened, inadequate, and overwhelmed by expectations, even when they are our own. More often, however, the problem originates from outside ourselves. Before we got into the program, we may have been easily caught in the trap of other people's expectations because we didn't know who we really were. Now that we are in recovery, the Fourth Step offers us an opportunity to understand ourselves better, which in turn helps us to set out own goals. No longer must someone else's goals guilt us into action.
Getting to know real freedom from the expectations of others is a two-step process. First we need to see clearly which expectations are ours and which belong to someone else. Then we need to turn to our Higher Power for help in fulfilling our own expectations, and only our own.
Sometimes it seems I've spent my life trying to live up to others' expectations of me, and failing. I never thought much about pleasing myself. That would have been "selfish." --JoAnn Reed
We can feel burdened, inadequate, and overwhelmed by expectations, even when they are our own. More often, however, the problem originates from outside ourselves. Before we got into the program, we may have been easily caught in the trap of other people's expectations because we didn't know who we really were. Now that we are in recovery, the Fourth Step offers us an opportunity to understand ourselves better, which in turn helps us to set out own goals. No longer must someone else's goals guilt us into action.
Getting to know real freedom from the expectations of others is a two-step process. First we need to see clearly which expectations are ours and which belong to someone else. Then we need to turn to our Higher Power for help in fulfilling our own expectations, and only our own.
Action for the Day: Before taking any action today I will pause to make certain I am fulfilling my expectations not someone else's. My Higher Power will help me with this task.
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
Awakening
When a man or a woman has a spiritual awakening,
the most important meaning of it is that he has now become able to do, feel, and believe
that which he could not do on his unaided strength and resources alone.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pp. 106-107
Thought to Ponder . . .
A spiritual awakening is our greatest gift.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
G I F T = God Is Forever There
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Immune to negativity
by Ralph Marston
Today, you will encounter negativity. But just because you encounter it, doesn’t mean you have to be swallowed up by it.
Accept right now that the world is not perfect, situations are not ideal, and people are inconsiderate to varying degrees. Be ready for the negativity, and be ready to be immune to it.
Negativity is unfortunate. Don’t make it your own misfortune by letting it get to you.
Decide in this moment to inoculate yourself. Decide that you will respond to every situation, every person, with gratitude, respect, and commitment to making a positive impact.
Today, and every day, negativity is not your thing. You always have plenty of better options.
Live as a shining example of how great life can be with a positive perspective. And let negativity wither from lack of attention.
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