Thursday, March 2, 2017
Today's Gift
We inherit countless resources and teachings from both our biological and our "foster" fathers in this program. The gift of a spiritually full life inspires and requires us to do as they did - pass it on. We keep the benefits of our recovery, not by holding on to them, but by planting new seeds from our harvest for those who come after us.
Action for the Day: I will give freely of my time and resources because the giving enriches me.
Answers
We realize we know only a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us.
Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick.
The answers will come, if your own house is in order.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 164
Thought to Ponder . . .
The Three "P's" -- Pause, Pray, Proceed.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
P R A Y E R = Praying(Mediating) Regularly Allows Your Everyday Recovery
Not the easiest
by Ralph Marston
Your greatest blessings often don’t seem like it at the time. Your most valuable experiences are rarely the most enjoyable ones.
Is there something you feel the need to complain about? Instead of complaining, challenge yourself to find the value in it.
If you cannot find any positive value in the situation, challenge yourself to create some. The greatest successes are pulled, albeit with much effort, from the greatest challenges.
Enjoy life’s comforts and pleasures, but don’t let them trap you in endless mediocrity. Some of the most memorable and fulfilling times come when you venture beyond what’s comfortable and predictable.
Fulfillment is not found in a life of ease. To quench your insatiable desire to matter, to make a difference, you must necessarily endure discomfort.
The greatest things you’ll do are not the easiest things you’ll do. And that offers you the profound satisfaction that comes with investing the very best of yourself in life.
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads. —Erica Jong
There was a time when we didn't believe we had any talents. We couldn't imagine we had any purpose or any gift to give to the world. But it's true: We all have talents, many of them. If we each haven't yet discovered ours, we soon will. With time, patience and friends, we will be encouraged to recognize them, to celebrate them, to cultivate them, to dare to give them away.
Utilizing our talents fully, which is part of life's bigger plan, may lead us to new jobs, new friends, to places presently unknown. The prospect of new horizons may excite us. It may also elicit dread. We can trust that, just as we are given no problems too big to handle, we are given no talents too great to develop. The strength to move ahead will always be available if we have faith.
I will look for my talents today. I will also look for talents in my friends. I can celebrate them, and soon the way to use them will become clear.
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
As my forefathers planted for me, so do I plant for my children. --The Talmud
The first seeds of this spiritual program were planted years ago by men who also were desperately in need. Rather than restrict their attention to their own painful circumstances, they broke through to a new creative idea - it is in helping others that we help ourselves. They reached out eagerly to help fellow men and women in need. In the process they carried the message to others and found new healing relationships for themselves. This program, which is saving our lives, is here because men before us were willing to reach out and pass it along.
We inherit countless resources and teachings from both our biological and our "foster" fathers in this program. The gift of a spiritually full life inspires and requires us to do as they did - pass it on. We keep the benefits of our recovery, not by holding on to them, but by planting new seeds from our harvest for those who come after us.
Action for the Day: I will give freely of my time and resources because the giving enriches me.
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
We realize we know only a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us.
Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick.
The answers will come, if your own house is in order.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 164
Thought to Ponder . . .
The Three "P's" -- Pause, Pray, Proceed.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
P R A Y E R = Praying(Mediating) Regularly Allows Your Everyday Recovery
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
Your greatest blessings often don’t seem like it at the time. Your most valuable experiences are rarely the most enjoyable ones.
Is there something you feel the need to complain about? Instead of complaining, challenge yourself to find the value in it.
If you cannot find any positive value in the situation, challenge yourself to create some. The greatest successes are pulled, albeit with much effort, from the greatest challenges.
Enjoy life’s comforts and pleasures, but don’t let them trap you in endless mediocrity. Some of the most memorable and fulfilling times come when you venture beyond what’s comfortable and predictable.
Fulfillment is not found in a life of ease. To quench your insatiable desire to matter, to make a difference, you must necessarily endure discomfort.
The greatest things you’ll do are not the easiest things you’ll do. And that offers you the profound satisfaction that comes with investing the very best of yourself in life.
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