Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Today's Gift
When a person looks at their life and at the lives of others, it is clear that pain is part of life. We cannot escape this tragic truth; our growth and our wholeness must include it because our recovery stresses honesty. In our old way of living, we may have been bitter. Many of us felt sorry for ourselves. Some of us cursed God and wasted time in our self-centeredness, thinking life was especially unfair to us. Life is not fair; it just is. It is left to us to choose how we will respond.
People's responses to life inspire us. We not only acknowledge the pain, but we see the heroic lives of others around us. They met their limitations and went forward with a willing spirit and faith. Today we can be grateful for the progress we have made in overcoming our suffering. We have friends who give us the joy of human contact. We have choices and possibilities where we never saw them before. We have a growing self-respect as people.
Prayer and Meditation
We usually conclude the period of meditation with a prayer that we be shown
all through the day what our next step is to be, that we be given whatever we
need to take care of such problems. We ask especially for freedom from self-will,
and are careful to make no request for ourselves only. We may ask for ourselves,
however, if others will be helped.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 87
Thought to Ponder
Prayer is neither black magic nor is it a form of demand note.
Prayer is a relationship.
AA-related 'Alconym'
P R A Y E R = Praying Regularly Allows Your Everyday Recovery
Faith in the future
I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it. Groucho Marx
Life doesn't have to be hard.
Yes, there are times we need to endure, struggle through, and rely on our survival skills. But we don't have to make life, growth, change, or our day-to-day affairs that hard all the time.
Having life be that hard is a remnant of our martyrdom, a leftover from old ways of thinking, feeling, and believing. We are worthy, even when life isn't that hard. Our value and worth are not determined by how hard we struggle.
If we're making it that hard, we may be making it harder than it needs to be, said one woman. Learn to let things happen easily and naturally. Learn to let events, and our participation in them, fall into place. It can be easy now. Easier than it has been. We can go with the flow, take the world off our shoulders, and let our Higher Power ease us into where we need to be.
Today, I will stop struggling so hard. I will let go of my belief that life and growth have to be hard. I will replace it with a belief that I can walk this journey in ease and peace. And sometimes, it can actually be fun.
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
Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. --Helen Keller
Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. --Helen Keller
When a person looks at their life and at the lives of others, it is clear that pain is part of life. We cannot escape this tragic truth; our growth and our wholeness must include it because our recovery stresses honesty. In our old way of living, we may have been bitter. Many of us felt sorry for ourselves. Some of us cursed God and wasted time in our self-centeredness, thinking life was especially unfair to us. Life is not fair; it just is. It is left to us to choose how we will respond.
People's responses to life inspire us. We not only acknowledge the pain, but we see the heroic lives of others around us. They met their limitations and went forward with a willing spirit and faith. Today we can be grateful for the progress we have made in overcoming our suffering. We have friends who give us the joy of human contact. We have choices and possibilities where we never saw them before. We have a growing self-respect as people.
Action for the Day: I accept the reality of life, and I will respond with faith in the choices I make today.
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
Prayer and Meditation
We usually conclude the period of meditation with a prayer that we be shown
all through the day what our next step is to be, that we be given whatever we
need to take care of such problems. We ask especially for freedom from self-will,
and are careful to make no request for ourselves only. We may ask for ourselves,
however, if others will be helped.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 87
Thought to Ponder
Prayer is neither black magic nor is it a form of demand note.
Prayer is a relationship.
AA-related 'Alconym'
P R A Y E R = Praying Regularly Allows Your Everyday Recovery
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Faith in the future
by Ralph Marston
Banish all thoughts of what you lack. Concentrate on making effective use of all you have.
Don’t deplete time and energy wishing for things to be different. Take hold of the situation as it is, and push it in a positive direction.
Complaints, resentments, and despair get you nowhere. Intention and action can take you anywhere.
Circumstances are messy, life is not fair, people are uncooperative and inconsiderate. Look past all that, and see the positive possibilities.
Bit by bit, the whole world is lifted by people who have faith in the future, and who act on that faith. Have faith in the future not because of sappy wishful thinking, but because of what you can do.
Activate your strength, now, today, and act in the direction of your best possibilities. Deal with life as it is, and work to transform it into your highest vision of what life can be.
Banish all thoughts of what you lack. Concentrate on making effective use of all you have.
Don’t deplete time and energy wishing for things to be different. Take hold of the situation as it is, and push it in a positive direction.
Complaints, resentments, and despair get you nowhere. Intention and action can take you anywhere.
Circumstances are messy, life is not fair, people are uncooperative and inconsiderate. Look past all that, and see the positive possibilities.
Bit by bit, the whole world is lifted by people who have faith in the future, and who act on that faith. Have faith in the future not because of sappy wishful thinking, but because of what you can do.
Activate your strength, now, today, and act in the direction of your best possibilities. Deal with life as it is, and work to transform it into your highest vision of what life can be.
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