Thursday, July 27, 2017
Today's Gift
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.
As we grow more comfortable with Step Three, daily turning our lives and wills over to the care of our Higher Power, we'll see how much more rewarding our experiences are. We'll see, too, how much greater are our own contributions. Preconceptions of any situation, persons, anticipated experience, dulls the magic, the depth of the moment. And only when we attune ourselves to the invitation of the moment do we give of ourselves, wholly. Our partnership with our Higher Power lives now, as we go forth in this moment.
Action for the Day: I will look to each moment with childish eyes. I'll find joy and contentment.
Amends
Now we go out to our fellows and repair the damage done in the past. We attempt to sweep
away the debris which has accumulated out of our effort to live on self-will and run the show ourselves.
If we haven’t the will to do this, we ask until it comes.
Remember it was agreed at the beginning we would go to any lengths for victory over our dysfunctions.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 76
Thought to Ponder
It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A A = Accountable Actions
Creative living
by Ralph Marston
Creativity is more than just making stuff, and more than just making stuff up. Creativity is expressing, in all sorts of ways that have no limit, what it means to be alive.
You can be creative in such a way that the whole world celebrates your creativity. Or you can be just as creative in ways that only you will ever know.
Being alive is being immersed in an ever-expanding set of possibilities. Being creative is giving your own special meaning and purpose to those possibilities.
Creativity is a special kind of magic. It produces more value than it consumes.
When you are stuck, creativity will move you forward. When the goal seems completely out of reach, creativity will open up a way there.
In all you do, find new ways to be creative. Creativity is one of your most valuable skills, so put its power to work every chance you get.
Isn't it great life is open-ended! --Brigitte Frase
Elizabeth Lawton, known as "Grandma Layton," is an American artist who never drew a picture until she was sixty-eight years old. She spent all the years before that time trying to cope with depression. She had gone through therapy, medications, and shock treatment and continued to be severely depressed. But then she signed up for an art class and the act of drawing cured her depression. She continues to make fabulous pictures.
What does she think about the critical acclaim her artwork has received? She says she wants others to know about her art so it may give hope to those who have also "suffered from feelings."
Many of us have suffered from feelings. We must remember that we can each turn to our creativity--at any age--as a source for our well-being. All we need to do is have faith in the potential goodness within ourselves and those we love.
What creative activity can I look to for comfort 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
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.
As we grow more comfortable with Step Three, daily turning our lives and wills over to the care of our Higher Power, we'll see how much more rewarding our experiences are. We'll see, too, how much greater are our own contributions. Preconceptions of any situation, persons, anticipated experience, dulls the magic, the depth of the moment. And only when we attune ourselves to the invitation of the moment do we give of ourselves, wholly. Our partnership with our Higher Power lives now, as we go forth in this moment.
Action for the Day: I will look to each moment with childish eyes. I'll find joy and contentment.
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
Now we go out to our fellows and repair the damage done in the past. We attempt to sweep
away the debris which has accumulated out of our effort to live on self-will and run the show ourselves.
If we haven’t the will to do this, we ask until it comes.
Remember it was agreed at the beginning we would go to any lengths for victory over our dysfunctions.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 76
Thought to Ponder
It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A A = Accountable Actions
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
Creativity is more than just making stuff, and more than just making stuff up. Creativity is expressing, in all sorts of ways that have no limit, what it means to be alive.
You can be creative in such a way that the whole world celebrates your creativity. Or you can be just as creative in ways that only you will ever know.
Being alive is being immersed in an ever-expanding set of possibilities. Being creative is giving your own special meaning and purpose to those possibilities.
Creativity is a special kind of magic. It produces more value than it consumes.
When you are stuck, creativity will move you forward. When the goal seems completely out of reach, creativity will open up a way there.
In all you do, find new ways to be creative. Creativity is one of your most valuable skills, so put its power to work every chance you get.
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