Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Today's Gift
At certain moments, our best friend is time. Time is a gift given us. Time helps us heal. We need to know that when things are tough, these times will pass, and peace will return. Our Higher Power can be like a parent who comforts a child when there's a storm outside. The parent gently reminds the child the sun will shine again.
Tough times come and go. There will be times when life is ugly and very painful. We can't be happy all the time. Remember, our Higher Power is always there. We must have faith in this. A saying often heard in the program is, "This too shall pass."
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, remind me that things will get better. Even if they get worst for a while, they will get better. Let this be my prayer in hard times.
Action for the Day: Today, I'll list times in my life when I thought I couldn't go on. I'll remember the pain, but I'll also remember how time was my friend.
Our Defects
At the very least, we shall have to come to grips with some of our worst
character defects and take action toward their removal as quickly as we can.
The moment we say, “No, never!” our minds close against the grace of God.
Delay is dangerous, and rebellion may be fatal. This is the exact point at which
we abandon limited objectives, and move toward our Higher Power's will for us.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 69
Thought to Ponder
If I want my Higher Power to remove my character defects, I'll have to stop doing them.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A G O = Another Growth Opportunity
Small positive change
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. ― Eleanor Roosevelt
Life is not to be endured; life is to be enjoyed and embraced.
The belief that we must square our shoulders and get through a meager, deprived existence for far off rewards in Heaven is a codependent belief.
Yes, most of us still have times when life will be stressful and challenge our endurance skills. But through self-discovery, we can learn to live, to enjoy our life, and handle situations as they come.
Our survival skills have served us well. They have gotten us through difficult times - as children and adults. Our ability to freeze feelings, deny problems, deprive ourselves, and cope with stress has helped us get where we are today. But we're safe now. We're learning to do more than survive. We can let go of unhealthy survival behaviors. We're learning new, better ways to protect and care for ourselves. We're free to feel our feelings, identify and solve problems, and give ourselves the best. We're free to open up and come alive.
Today, I will let go of my unhealthy endurance and survival skills. I will choose a new mode of living, one that allows me to be alive and enjoy the adventure.
From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©
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
The present will not long endure.---Pindar
The present will not long endure.---Pindar
At certain moments, our best friend is time. Time is a gift given us. Time helps us heal. We need to know that when things are tough, these times will pass, and peace will return. Our Higher Power can be like a parent who comforts a child when there's a storm outside. The parent gently reminds the child the sun will shine again.
Tough times come and go. There will be times when life is ugly and very painful. We can't be happy all the time. Remember, our Higher Power is always there. We must have faith in this. A saying often heard in the program is, "This too shall pass."
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, remind me that things will get better. Even if they get worst for a while, they will get better. Let this be my prayer in hard times.
Action for the Day: Today, I'll list times in my life when I thought I couldn't go on. I'll remember the pain, but I'll also remember how time was my friend.
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
Our Defects
At the very least, we shall have to come to grips with some of our worst
character defects and take action toward their removal as quickly as we can.
The moment we say, “No, never!” our minds close against the grace of God.
Delay is dangerous, and rebellion may be fatal. This is the exact point at which
we abandon limited objectives, and move toward our Higher Power's will for us.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 69
Thought to Ponder
If I want my Higher Power to remove my character defects, I'll have to stop doing them.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A G O = Another Growth Opportunity
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Small positive change
by Ralph Marston
Somewhere right now there is a small, positive change you can make in the way you go through life. Make that small change, stick with it, and the results can profoundly influence your entire world.
Perhaps you’ve burdened yourself with a destructive habit that you can now choose to leave behind forever. Or maybe there’s some simple, useful action you can add to your daily routine.
It could be as easy as choosing to start each day with a smile instead of a complaint. Or you could identify something that has always made you angry and just decide you’re not going to let it get to you anymore.
Life is filled with opportunities for making small, positive changes. Look for them, and you’ll see those opportunities in every direction.
Even one small change can have a large positive impact on your life because the benefits of that small change are repeated day after day. Keep adding more small, positive changes from time to time, and the results can be astonishing.
Give yourself the gift today of a small positive change in your life. Continue to enjoy the rewards you receive far into the future.
Somewhere right now there is a small, positive change you can make in the way you go through life. Make that small change, stick with it, and the results can profoundly influence your entire world.
Perhaps you’ve burdened yourself with a destructive habit that you can now choose to leave behind forever. Or maybe there’s some simple, useful action you can add to your daily routine.
It could be as easy as choosing to start each day with a smile instead of a complaint. Or you could identify something that has always made you angry and just decide you’re not going to let it get to you anymore.
Life is filled with opportunities for making small, positive changes. Look for them, and you’ll see those opportunities in every direction.
Even one small change can have a large positive impact on your life because the benefits of that small change are repeated day after day. Keep adding more small, positive changes from time to time, and the results can be astonishing.
Give yourself the gift today of a small positive change in your life. Continue to enjoy the rewards you receive far into the future.
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