Monday, February 6, 2017
Today's Gift
When we don't know who we are, it's easy to compromise ourselves. When we don't know where we stand on an issue, it's easy to be swayed by a forceful voice. Values may be cloudy in our minds, or we may not be aware of them at all. It's then that we are vulnerable to the persuasion of another. In this Twelve Step program, we are offered the way to know ourselves. We are supported in our efforts, and we realize we have friends who don't want us to compromise ourselves--who value our struggle to know and to be true to ourselves.
One of recovery's greatest gifts is discovering we can make decisions that represent us, our inner selves, and those decisions please us. We all are familiar with the tiny tug of shame that locates itself in our solar plexus. When we "go along," when we "give in" on a personally important issue, we pay a consequence. We lose a bit of ourselves. Over the years we've lost many bits. We have a choice, however.
From: Bluidkiti's Alcohol and Drug Addictions Recovery Help/Support Forums
Habits
Our worries are connected to many habits — big and little.
Some of them are thinking habits, or things we feel inside ourselves.
Others are doing habits — things we do, actions we take.
In getting used to not worrying so much,
we found that we needed new habits to take the place of the old ones.
- Living Sober, p. 1
Thought to Ponder . . .
Habits are like cork or lead — they tend to keep you up or hold you down.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A R T = Always Remain Teachable
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Day of enrichment
by Ralph Marston
Make today a day of enrichment. Rather than just getting through the day, make something valuable and lasting out of it.
Take a moment to look back on your life, and recall the things that have meant the most to you. Today you have the opportunity to create more of those things.
Instead of filling the moments with empty distractions, you can create new richness. You can make more of what makes life good.
You don’t have to settle for pointless, random occurrences that come your way. Today you can live with positive, purposeful intention, with substance.
Fill your time with the people, the places, the work, the fun, the experiences that matter to you. Invest your energy in fulfillment, in richness, in meaningful substance.
Take this opportunity to live this day as a day of enrichment. You have what it takes to make it the best one yet.
Pride works from within; it is the direct appreciation of oneself. —Arthur Schopenhauer
Pride, like all emotions, has two faces: one healthy and one sick. It is our challenge to use the healthy side well. Sick pride fills us with ourselves, looks down on others, and has no room for generosity. Healthy pride is heavy with humility. If we can feel joyful when we succeed, and tell others about it honestly, we are not being boastful.
Sick pride often keeps us from doing things because we are too proud to ask for help when we need it, or too proud to risk failure, or too proud to do anything that might not turn out perfect.
Healthy pride about our greatest victories always comes with the awareness that we did not do it all by ourselves. We had the aid, advice, and encouragement of loved ones. In all things that really count, we never walk alone. Even those who claim pride is not a virtue admit that it is the parent of many virtues.
What makes me proud of myself today?
From Today's Gift: Daily Meditations for Families ©
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
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got. --Janis Joplin
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got. --Janis Joplin
When we don't know who we are, it's easy to compromise ourselves. When we don't know where we stand on an issue, it's easy to be swayed by a forceful voice. Values may be cloudy in our minds, or we may not be aware of them at all. It's then that we are vulnerable to the persuasion of another. In this Twelve Step program, we are offered the way to know ourselves. We are supported in our efforts, and we realize we have friends who don't want us to compromise ourselves--who value our struggle to know and to be true to ourselves.
One of recovery's greatest gifts is discovering we can make decisions that represent us, our inner selves, and those decisions please us. We all are familiar with the tiny tug of shame that locates itself in our solar plexus. When we "go along," when we "give in" on a personally important issue, we pay a consequence. We lose a bit of ourselves. Over the years we've lost many bits. We have a choice, however.
Action for the Day: I will have a chance, soon, to act according to my wishes. I will take it.
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
Habits
Our worries are connected to many habits — big and little.
Some of them are thinking habits, or things we feel inside ourselves.
Others are doing habits — things we do, actions we take.
In getting used to not worrying so much,
we found that we needed new habits to take the place of the old ones.
- Living Sober, p. 1
Thought to Ponder . . .
Habits are like cork or lead — they tend to keep you up or hold you down.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A R T = Always Remain Teachable
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Day of enrichment
by Ralph Marston
Make today a day of enrichment. Rather than just getting through the day, make something valuable and lasting out of it.
Take a moment to look back on your life, and recall the things that have meant the most to you. Today you have the opportunity to create more of those things.
Instead of filling the moments with empty distractions, you can create new richness. You can make more of what makes life good.
You don’t have to settle for pointless, random occurrences that come your way. Today you can live with positive, purposeful intention, with substance.
Fill your time with the people, the places, the work, the fun, the experiences that matter to you. Invest your energy in fulfillment, in richness, in meaningful substance.
Take this opportunity to live this day as a day of enrichment. You have what it takes to make it the best one yet.
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