Monday, November 20, 2017
Today's Gift
Yours to create
Do not compare yourself with others, for you are a unique and wonderful creation. Make your own beautiful footprints in the snow. --Barbara Kimball
Comparisons we make of ourselves to other people do destruction far greater than our conscious minds are aware of. Positioning ourselves or them on the "beloved pedestal" prevents the equality of humanhood that offers each person the freedom to be solely their self.
Comparisons in which we are the losers darken the moment, cut us off from the actual rhythms of that moment. The consequences can be grave. Within any moment might be the opportunity we've awaited, the opportunity to achieve a particular dream. We must not miss our opportunities.
Each life is symbolized by a particular set of footprints in the snow. How wonderful and how freeing to know that we each offer something uniquely our own. We need never compete to be noticed. Each of us is guaranteed recognition for what we contribute, because it is offered by us alone.
Envy eats at us; it interferes with all of our interactions. It possesses all of our thoughts, caging us, denying us the freedom to achieve that can be ours.
I will look with love on others. I will free them and myself to be all we are capable of becoming.
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
Blessings of Sobriety
We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness...
Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.
We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us.
We will suddenly realize that our Higher Power is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 83 -84
Thought to Ponder
Sobriety is the adventure of a lifetime.
And it begins the moment we ask AA for help.
AA-related 'Alconym'
B E S T = Been Enjoying Sobriety Today?
Continuous effort--not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential. —Liane Cordes
Perseverance may well be our greatest asset. As we forge ahead on a project, it loses its power over us. Our confidence and abilities grow in concert with our progress on the project, preparing us to tackle the next one too.
We have something special, uniquely our own to offer in this life. And we also have the potential to offer it successfully. However, we don't always realize our potential. Many of us stifled our development with fears of failure, low self-worth, assumed inadequacies. The past need plague us no longer.
Help is readily available for us to discover our capacities for success. Abilities stand ready to be tapped; goals and projects await our recognition. Any commitment we make to a task that draws our interest will be reinforced by our Higher Power's commitment to our efforts. We have a partner. Our efforts are always doubled when we make them - truly make them.
Action for the Day: I will not back away from a project today. I will persevere and find completion. I'll feel completed.
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
We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness...
Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.
We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us.
We will suddenly realize that our Higher Power is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 83 -84
Thought to Ponder
Sobriety is the adventure of a lifetime.
And it begins the moment we ask AA for help.
AA-related 'Alconym'
B E S T = Been Enjoying Sobriety Today?
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
There is no real fulfillment in just having things handed to you. Where fulfillment arises, is in the process of creating it.
Human civilization has become a highly efficient desire fulfillment machine. And the people working to create fulfillment benefit much more than those to whom the resulting trinkets are delivered.
Nothing of value has any meaningful value to you if you have not worked to earn it. When it seems you’re getting something for nothing, what you’re really getting is nothing for nothing.
Like beauty, value exists in the eye of the beholder. Value accrues to you when you invest yourself in it.
Every moment is an opportunity to make such an investment. You are made to make a difference and each time you do, your life grows in richness.
Invest your time, your attention, your effort, expertise, resources, your care, spirit, joy. Always, great fulfillment is yours to create.
There is no real fulfillment in just having things handed to you. Where fulfillment arises, is in the process of creating it.
Human civilization has become a highly efficient desire fulfillment machine. And the people working to create fulfillment benefit much more than those to whom the resulting trinkets are delivered.
Nothing of value has any meaningful value to you if you have not worked to earn it. When it seems you’re getting something for nothing, what you’re really getting is nothing for nothing.
Like beauty, value exists in the eye of the beholder. Value accrues to you when you invest yourself in it.
Every moment is an opportunity to make such an investment. You are made to make a difference and each time you do, your life grows in richness.
Invest your time, your attention, your effort, expertise, resources, your care, spirit, joy. Always, great fulfillment is yours to create.
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