Thursday, April 12, 2018
Today's Gift
Someone will be helped today by our kindness. Compassionate attention assures others that they do matter, and every one of us needs that reassurance occasionally. The program has given us the vehicle for giving and seeking the help we need--it's sponsorship.
Not all of the people we encounter share our program, however. Sponsorship as we know it isn't a reality in their lives. Offering words of encouragement to them, or a willing ear, can be unexpected gifts. They will be deeply appreciated.
The real gift, though, is to ourselves. Helping someone in need benefits the helper even more. Our own closeness to our Higher Power and thus assurance about our own being is strengthened each time we do what our hearts direct.
We are healed in our healing of others. Our Higher Power speaks to us through our words to others. Our own well-being is enhanced each time we put someone else's well-being first.
Action for the Day: We're all on a trip, following different road maps, but to the same destination. I will be ready to lend a helping hand to a troubled traveler today. It will breathe new life into my own trip.
Selfishness
So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves,
and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn’t think so.
Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness. We must, or it kills us!
Our Higher Power makes that possible.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 62
Thought to Ponder
The smallest package in the world is an alcoholic all wrapped up in himself.
AA-related 'Alconym'
G R O W T H = Goodness Reveals Other Ways To Heal
Keep going
by Ralph Marston
You are a work in progress. Today, do the work, make the progress.
You are on the amazing journey that is your life. And the very nature of a journey is to keep going.
When you achieve some success, don’t be so smug and satisfied that you stop making any further effort. Keep going.
If you encounter disappointment, don’t be so dismayed and dejected that you give up. Keep going.
Realize how fortunate it is that you always have more to do. Embrace each opportunity to make a difference, to make new progress, to keep going.
Always there are the new wonders to see, new wisdom to be gained, new experiences to unfold. With ever-growing love for the journey and all it brings, keep going.
Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own? ~ Unknown
The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey
A man and his son headed to market with their donkey. A man on a horse passed them and asked, "Why aren't you riding your donkey?"
The man placed his son on the donkey, and they continued on their way. They passed by a family working in their fields. A young girl said. "Look at that lazy boy riding while his father is walking."
The man told his son to get off the donkey, and he climbed on. They passed a group of women and one said, "What a selfish man, making his son walk while he rides."
The man asked his son to climb up on the donkey with him. They passed a traveler on the road, who said, "That poor donkey is carrying too much weight."
Not knowing what to do, the man and his son began to carry the donkey. But the donkey kicked so violently they released their hold and the donkey ran away.
The Moral of the story: In striving to please everyone, you end up pleasing no one.
Striving to be a people-pleaser can make you feel as if what you are doing is never right, and you lose your ability to make your own decision.
I will choose to do what is right for me.
From the book Morning Light ©
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
Make yourself a blessing to someone. Your kind smile or pat on the back just might pull someone back from the edge. --Carmelia Elliott
Make yourself a blessing to someone. Your kind smile or pat on the back just might pull someone back from the edge. --Carmelia Elliott
Someone will be helped today by our kindness. Compassionate attention assures others that they do matter, and every one of us needs that reassurance occasionally. The program has given us the vehicle for giving and seeking the help we need--it's sponsorship.
Not all of the people we encounter share our program, however. Sponsorship as we know it isn't a reality in their lives. Offering words of encouragement to them, or a willing ear, can be unexpected gifts. They will be deeply appreciated.
The real gift, though, is to ourselves. Helping someone in need benefits the helper even more. Our own closeness to our Higher Power and thus assurance about our own being is strengthened each time we do what our hearts direct.
We are healed in our healing of others. Our Higher Power speaks to us through our words to others. Our own well-being is enhanced each time we put someone else's well-being first.
Action for the Day: We're all on a trip, following different road maps, but to the same destination. I will be ready to lend a helping hand to a troubled traveler today. It will breathe new life into my own trip.
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
Selfishness
So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves,
and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn’t think so.
Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness. We must, or it kills us!
Our Higher Power makes that possible.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 62
Thought to Ponder
The smallest package in the world is an alcoholic all wrapped up in himself.
AA-related 'Alconym'
G R O W T H = Goodness Reveals Other Ways To Heal
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Keep going
by Ralph Marston
You are a work in progress. Today, do the work, make the progress.
You are on the amazing journey that is your life. And the very nature of a journey is to keep going.
When you achieve some success, don’t be so smug and satisfied that you stop making any further effort. Keep going.
If you encounter disappointment, don’t be so dismayed and dejected that you give up. Keep going.
Realize how fortunate it is that you always have more to do. Embrace each opportunity to make a difference, to make new progress, to keep going.
Always there are the new wonders to see, new wisdom to be gained, new experiences to unfold. With ever-growing love for the journey and all it brings, keep going.
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