Friday, May 12, 2017
Today's Gift
Our mates and close friends present us with another view on what it is to be a human being. In being close we lower our barriers and get a feeling for what life is like from that person's perspective. We develop a feeling of empathy for them, and we multiply our life experiences by participating with others.
Through our closeness to someone, we might be confronted by a new awareness of ourselves. We may see something about ourselves we don't like and could never have seen on our own. We may see how similar we are to our friends, or how different, or how common and human our problems are. While each person lives their own life, through empathy we are given another window on the experience of living. Having a friend is a rich experience which increases our wisdom about life.
Action for the Day: I will be thankful for relationships. I will be grateful that I am not alone.
A Firm Foundation
Taking this book down from our shelf we turn to the page which contains the twelve steps.
Carefully reading the first five proposals we ask if we have omitted anything,
for we are building an arch through which we shall walk a free man at last.
Is our work solid so far? Are the stones properly in place? Have we skimped on
the cement put into the foundation? Have we tried to make mortar without sand?
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 75
Thought to Ponder . . .
Life didn't end when I got sober -- it started.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A C T I O N = Any Change Toward Improving One's Nature
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Add kindness
by Ralph Marston
When interacting with other people, keep this in mind. They are people, with lives, stories, families, hopes, challenges and feelings.
For your own sake and for the sake of everyone, go out of your way to be considerate. Do all you can do to be kind.
Especially when you’re not met with kindness, offer your own kindness in return. Instead of trying to get the last word, seek to give the first smile.
Kindness does not get used up. In fact, the more it is expressed, the more of it there is, and the world will benefit from all you can give.
You may have every reason to be angry, disappointed, impatient, sarcastic. Yet kindness is almost always the better choice.
If the world seems to harsh, rude, inconsiderate, do something positive about it. Add your own kindness, every opportunity you get.
Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do. —Lydia M. Child
Our Spirit is our inner guide. And our Spirit never, never, gives us wrong directions. Because we're human, it's all too easy to deny the voice from within. Some call it conscience. And our behavior, maybe frequently, maybe occasionally, belies what our conscience knows is right. We suffer for it.
We are trying to be healthy, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Each day we can make progress. With each action we take, we have a choice. Our Spirit, our conscience, should be consulted. Right choices make for right actions that will emotionally and spiritually benefit us and the other persons close to us.
It's comforting to rely on the inner voice. It assures us we're never alone. No decision has to be made alone. No wrong action need ever be taken. A sense of security accompanies the partnership between each of us and our Spirit.
I will let the partnership work for me today.
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
In my friend, I find a second self. --Isabel Norton
In my friend, I find a second self. --Isabel Norton
Our mates and close friends present us with another view on what it is to be a human being. In being close we lower our barriers and get a feeling for what life is like from that person's perspective. We develop a feeling of empathy for them, and we multiply our life experiences by participating with others.
Through our closeness to someone, we might be confronted by a new awareness of ourselves. We may see something about ourselves we don't like and could never have seen on our own. We may see how similar we are to our friends, or how different, or how common and human our problems are. While each person lives their own life, through empathy we are given another window on the experience of living. Having a friend is a rich experience which increases our wisdom about life.
Action for the Day: I will be thankful for relationships. I will be grateful that I am not alone.
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 Firm Foundation
Taking this book down from our shelf we turn to the page which contains the twelve steps.
Carefully reading the first five proposals we ask if we have omitted anything,
for we are building an arch through which we shall walk a free man at last.
Is our work solid so far? Are the stones properly in place? Have we skimped on
the cement put into the foundation? Have we tried to make mortar without sand?
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 75
Thought to Ponder . . .
Life didn't end when I got sober -- it started.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
A C T I O N = Any Change Toward Improving One's Nature
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Add kindness
by Ralph Marston
When interacting with other people, keep this in mind. They are people, with lives, stories, families, hopes, challenges and feelings.
For your own sake and for the sake of everyone, go out of your way to be considerate. Do all you can do to be kind.
Especially when you’re not met with kindness, offer your own kindness in return. Instead of trying to get the last word, seek to give the first smile.
Kindness does not get used up. In fact, the more it is expressed, the more of it there is, and the world will benefit from all you can give.
You may have every reason to be angry, disappointed, impatient, sarcastic. Yet kindness is almost always the better choice.
If the world seems to harsh, rude, inconsiderate, do something positive about it. Add your own kindness, every opportunity you get.
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