Thursday, October 12, 2017
Today's Gift
God grant us the courage to change what we can--ourselves. How difficult it is to let go of our struggles to control and change someone else. How frequently we assume that everything would be fine if only someone else would change. All that needs to change is an attitude, our own.
Taking responsibility for improving one's own life is an important step toward emotional health. Blaming another for our circumstances keeps us stuck and offers no hope for improved conditions. Personal power is as available as our decision to use it. And it is bolstered by all the strength we'll ever need. The decision to take our lives in hand will exhilarate us. The decision each day to be thoughtful, prayerful, and wholly responsible for all that we do will nourish our developing selves. Each responsible choice moves us toward our wholeness, strengthening our sense of self, our well-being.
Spiritual GrowthAt the start, this was all we needed to commence spiritual growth,
to effect our first conscious relation with Higher Power as we understood Them.
. . .if we wished to grow we had to begin somewhere. So we used our
own conception, however limited it was.
- Alcoholics Anonymous pp. 47
Thought to Ponder
Spiritual progress isn't what gets us sober, it's what keeps us sober.
AA-related 'Alconym'
G O D = Gift Of Devine
We can secure other people's approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it . . . —Mark Twain
There was once a young girl who thought that if only she tried a little harder, she could please her parents; if only she were prettier, her friends would like her better. She tried constantly to gain their approval. Sometimes they said they liked her, and sometimes they didn't.
Then one night a fairy came to her in a dream and told her, "You are fine just the way you are. You don't have to change. I want you to start noticing your own beauty and loving yourself exactly the way you are."
Doing what the fairy suggested - giving love and approval to herself - wasn't easy, but she found that when she did it she felt a peace that was not dependent on what others thought. She thanked her fairy for caring enough to come and give her such wise advice.
What are some things I like about myself?
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
...there are two entirely opposite attitudes possible in facing the problems of one's life. One, to try and change the external world, the other, to try and change oneself. --Joanna Field
...there are two entirely opposite attitudes possible in facing the problems of one's life. One, to try and change the external world, the other, to try and change oneself. --Joanna Field
God grant us the courage to change what we can--ourselves. How difficult it is to let go of our struggles to control and change someone else. How frequently we assume that everything would be fine if only someone else would change. All that needs to change is an attitude, our own.
Taking responsibility for improving one's own life is an important step toward emotional health. Blaming another for our circumstances keeps us stuck and offers no hope for improved conditions. Personal power is as available as our decision to use it. And it is bolstered by all the strength we'll ever need. The decision to take our lives in hand will exhilarate us. The decision each day to be thoughtful, prayerful, and wholly responsible for all that we do will nourish our developing selves. Each responsible choice moves us toward our wholeness, strengthening our sense of self, our well-being.
Action for the Day: I will change only who I can today: myself.
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
Spiritual GrowthAt the start, this was all we needed to commence spiritual growth,
to effect our first conscious relation with Higher Power as we understood Them.
. . .if we wished to grow we had to begin somewhere. So we used our
own conception, however limited it was.
- Alcoholics Anonymous pp. 47
Thought to Ponder
Spiritual progress isn't what gets us sober, it's what keeps us sober.
AA-related 'Alconym'
G O D = Gift Of Devine
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Love empowers
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Love empowers
by Ralph Marston
Love is not possession. Possession contaminates love, renders love into what it is not.
Love loves, and allows. Possession wraps itself around, strangles, cuts off energy.
Possession brings on stress, anxiety, frustration, anger, resentment, jealousy. Love gives birth to freedom, hope, fulfillment, cooperation, peace.
Possession imprisons. Love empowers.
Take responsibility, commit yourself to love, offer your highest and best. And let go of any desire to own.
That is love. You know, and you can.
Love is not possession. Possession contaminates love, renders love into what it is not.
Love loves, and allows. Possession wraps itself around, strangles, cuts off energy.
Possession brings on stress, anxiety, frustration, anger, resentment, jealousy. Love gives birth to freedom, hope, fulfillment, cooperation, peace.
Possession imprisons. Love empowers.
Take responsibility, commit yourself to love, offer your highest and best. And let go of any desire to own.
That is love. You know, and you can.
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