Friday, August 17, 2018

The Work-In: Daily Motivation 8-17-2018

Friday, August 17, 2018
Today's Gift

Life is not always what one wants it to be, but to make the best of it as it is, is the only way of being happy. —Jennie Jerome Churchill

We are generally so certain that we know what's best for ourselves. And we are just as often certain that what we think is best will guarantee happiness. Perhaps we should reflect on all the times in the past when our wishes didn't come true - fortunately.

Did any one of us expect to be doing today, what we each are doing? We may have expected children, a particular kind of home, a certain career, but did we really anticipate all that life has wrought? A tragedy, and then recovery from it, was probably not in our pictures. But it does fit into the big picture. The happiness we experience today probably doesn't visit us in the way we anticipated a few years back. But it is measured out according to our needs. The choice to be happy with what is, is ours to make, every moment.

I can take life as it is, and trust that it is just right, just what it needs to be. The big picture guarantees me lasting happiness. Today's experiences will move me a step closer.


From Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women by Karen Casey ©
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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

Life is change ... Growth is optional... Choose wisely... --Karen Kaiser Clark

We can certainly count on change. We become parents, our children become more independent, we make new friends, and other friends move away. When a person clings too tightly to the status quo or tries to control the direction of change, their is bound to be disappointed. We are like skiers on a mountain. We must continue down the slope. We can vary our speed somewhat, but if we stop for too long we will get cold or hungry; if we ski too fast, we may have a serious fall. Part of the pleasure is in not being able to control or predict every circumstance we will meet.

We don't control which loved ones come into our lives and which ones go or whether we become ill or stay healthy. We don't control life's opportunities. We can control how we choose to respond to these transitions. Whatever happens can be used for growth and we can commit ourselves to use all experiences that way.

Action for the Day: Today, I will not try to control change but will choose to use whatever happens for growth.


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

True Tolerance
We begin to see that all people, including ourselves, are to some extent emotionally ill
as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach true tolerance and see what real love
for our fellows actually means. It will become more and more evident as we go forward
that it is pointless to become angry, or to get hurt by people who, like us,
are suffering from the pains of growing up.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 92

Thought to Ponder
Ask yourself--"What would an adult do in this situation?"

AA-related 'Alconym'
P U T = P
ractice Using Tolerance

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

Beyond the horizon
by Ralph Marston

Today would be a good day to consider possibilities you’ve never considered before. Now would be a great time to explore some new options.

It’s all too easy to get comfortable where you are, doing what you’ve always done. The problem is, if you keep ignoring other options, those options will start to disappear.

You’re smart to stick with what works. But don’t stick to it so relentlessly that you get stuck.

Make a point to widen your awareness. Go out and see what’s beyond the horizon that’s become so comfortably familiar.

Somewhere out there are things you’ve never experienced, that you would surely love. Beyond your current awareness are people, places, ideas, groups, and activities that may very well change your life.

You already know a great deal, yet you certainly don’t know it all. Take a little time to discover a little more, and add new richness to the exquisite experience that is your life.

From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/


1 comment:

  1. This is a great meditation for me today! My son is sick, and I haven't been able to reach him to see how he is. I need to try to let that go, and pray for the best for him.

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