Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Today's Gift
Acceptance of those conditions that at times plague us changes not only the conditions but, in the process, ourselves. Perhaps this latter change is the more crucial. As each changes, as we all change into a more accepting person, life's struggles ease. When we accept all the circumstances that we can't control, we are more peaceful. Smiles more easily fill us up.
It's almost as though life's eternal lesson is acceptance, and with it comes life's eternal blessings.
Action for the Day: Every day offers me many opportunities to grow in acceptance and thus blessings. I will accept any condition today and understand it as an opportunity to take another step toward serenity, eternal and whole.
Guilt and Pride
Guilt is really the reserve side of the coin of pride.
Guilt aims at self-destruction,
and pride aims at the destruction of others.
- As Bill Sees It, p. 140
Thought to Ponder
Swallowing my pride will change who I am.
AA-related 'Alconym'
C H A N G E = Choosing Humility Allows New Gifts and Energy
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Connect with respect
The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. --Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Many of us grew up in situations that required us to be constantly on our guard. We became so keenly attuned to the people around us and how to please them or avoid their anger that we lost contact with our inner messages. Rather than developing skills for drawing upon our inner resources, we developed skills for looking outward and reacting to whatever confronted us. This method of survival may have been necessary in the past while we were under stress, but it doesn't allow us any rest or the possibility of simply following what we know and feel is right.
We are learning to know what we think and feel and to express it, even if it isn't always what others want to hear. We can be spontaneous now because we have room for mistakes in our lives. Our relationships are more reliable, and we have more energy from sincerity than from always striving to make a good appearance.
Today, it is more important for me to be sincere than to be on my guard.
From Touchstones: A Book of Daily Meditations for Men ©
From: Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation - Thought for the Day http://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/recovery/thought-for-the-day
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Keep It Simple
Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become love. That is the mystery. --Katherine Mansfield
Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become love. That is the mystery. --Katherine Mansfield
Acceptance of those conditions that at times plague us changes not only the conditions but, in the process, ourselves. Perhaps this latter change is the more crucial. As each changes, as we all change into a more accepting person, life's struggles ease. When we accept all the circumstances that we can't control, we are more peaceful. Smiles more easily fill us up.
It's almost as though life's eternal lesson is acceptance, and with it comes life's eternal blessings.
Action for the Day: Every day offers me many opportunities to grow in acceptance and thus blessings. I will accept any condition today and understand it as an opportunity to take another step toward serenity, eternal and whole.
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
Guilt and Pride
Guilt is really the reserve side of the coin of pride.
Guilt aims at self-destruction,
and pride aims at the destruction of others.
- As Bill Sees It, p. 140
Thought to Ponder
Swallowing my pride will change who I am.
AA-related 'Alconym'
C H A N G E = Choosing Humility Allows New Gifts and Energy
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Connect with respect
by Ralph Marston
Each time you meet someone, you have a valuable opportunity. You have the opportunity to be respectful.
Does every person you encounter deserve to be treated with respect? Maybe not, but that doesn’t make your respect any less useful.
Because respect is not a weapon for enforcing the judgments you make about others. Respect is a powerful tool you utilize to establish positive connections.
People know whether you respect them or not. If you seek to create the best possible outcome when dealing with others, respect is essential.
Disrespect might feel powerful at first, but it actually weakens your position. Choose instead to enhance your own strength by choosing to respect others.
Listen, speak, act and think with genuine respect. And forge connections that will serve everyone well.
Each time you meet someone, you have a valuable opportunity. You have the opportunity to be respectful.
Does every person you encounter deserve to be treated with respect? Maybe not, but that doesn’t make your respect any less useful.
Because respect is not a weapon for enforcing the judgments you make about others. Respect is a powerful tool you utilize to establish positive connections.
People know whether you respect them or not. If you seek to create the best possible outcome when dealing with others, respect is essential.
Disrespect might feel powerful at first, but it actually weakens your position. Choose instead to enhance your own strength by choosing to respect others.
Listen, speak, act and think with genuine respect. And forge connections that will serve everyone well.
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