Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Today's Gift
An important part of our lives is simply tending to our basic needs --sitting down daily to share a meal with loved ones, getting enough sleep, setting time aside for haircuts and polishing shoes, spending leisure time with friends. Paying attention to these things only when they become crises makes our lives unbalanced and crisis oriented. Many men have neglected themselves because they felt it was the mark of a tough guy. Others have been so lost in an addiction or so codependent that a respectful self-caring life was not possible.
As we regain our sanity, we find balance in the basics. Self-love allows us to be responsible for our care, and it puts us in a stronger position to help others, to be creative, and to assert our right to recovery.
Action for the Day: Today, I will look after the essentials of my personal care and my family's care before I take on other things.
The Actor
More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. They are very
much the actor. To the outer world they present their stage character.
This is the one they likes their fellows to see. They want to enjoy a certain
reputation, but knows in their heart they don't deserve it.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 73
Thought to Ponder
Character is what I am; reputation is what people think I am.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F E A R = Fighting Ego Against Reality
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Putting it all to use
Youngster, the secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered I was not God. —Oliver Wendell Holmes
Sometimes, in our families, we try to get parents or brothers or sisters to treat us the way we want them to, to do things we want them to. When they're upset or angry with us, we try to get them to stop, rather than allow them to be angry.
But our feelings are ours alone, and we are responsible only for how we feel. Those around us are not the cause of our feelings. We are.
This knowledge is a big responsibility, because we know we cannot blame others for our bad moods. But it is a fact. And this fact is also a wonderful freedom for us, for it means that we also have the power to make ourselves happy, no matter what goes on around us.
How can I make myself happy 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
Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting. --William Shakespeare
Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting. --William Shakespeare
An important part of our lives is simply tending to our basic needs --sitting down daily to share a meal with loved ones, getting enough sleep, setting time aside for haircuts and polishing shoes, spending leisure time with friends. Paying attention to these things only when they become crises makes our lives unbalanced and crisis oriented. Many men have neglected themselves because they felt it was the mark of a tough guy. Others have been so lost in an addiction or so codependent that a respectful self-caring life was not possible.
As we regain our sanity, we find balance in the basics. Self-love allows us to be responsible for our care, and it puts us in a stronger position to help others, to be creative, and to assert our right to recovery.
Action for the Day: Today, I will look after the essentials of my personal care and my family's care before I take on other things.
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
The Actor
More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. They are very
much the actor. To the outer world they present their stage character.
This is the one they likes their fellows to see. They want to enjoy a certain
reputation, but knows in their heart they don't deserve it.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 73
Thought to Ponder
Character is what I am; reputation is what people think I am.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F E A R = Fighting Ego Against Reality
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Putting it all to use
by Ralph Marston
Today is your chance to do what you can, when you can, with what you have. Even the most difficult, complicated achievements come to life by completing one step at a time.
You’re smart enough to accept that whatever you’re doing will require some time and effort. Now is your opportunity to invest that time, to make that effort.
You already know the challenges will require persistence and diligence. And you’ve already discovered you have what it takes to keep going.
There’s always something you can do. And even if the going gets slow, you go ahead, because it’s a whole lot better than falling behind.
With every effort, new options open up to you. With every moment, the momentum grows stronger.
You have purpose, desire, integrity, ability and a love of making good things happen. On this day filled with unique possibility, enjoy putting it all to use.
Today is your chance to do what you can, when you can, with what you have. Even the most difficult, complicated achievements come to life by completing one step at a time.
You’re smart enough to accept that whatever you’re doing will require some time and effort. Now is your opportunity to invest that time, to make that effort.
You already know the challenges will require persistence and diligence. And you’ve already discovered you have what it takes to keep going.
There’s always something you can do. And even if the going gets slow, you go ahead, because it’s a whole lot better than falling behind.
With every effort, new options open up to you. With every moment, the momentum grows stronger.
You have purpose, desire, integrity, ability and a love of making good things happen. On this day filled with unique possibility, enjoy putting it all to use.
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