Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Today's Gift
We are sturdy beings. But in many ways, we are fragile. We can accept change and loss, but this comes at our own pace and in our own way. And only the Universe and we can determine the timing. —Codependent No More
Hard times, stressful times, are not all there is to life, but they are part of life, growth, and moving forward.
What we do with hard times, or hard energy, is our choice.
We can use the energy of hard times to work out, and work through, our issues. We can use it to fine-tune our skills and our spirituality. Or we can go through these situations suffering, storing up bitterness, and refusing to grow or change.
Hard times can motivate and mold us to bring out our best. We can use these times to move forward and upward to higher levels of living, loving, and growth.
The choice is ours. Will we let ourselves feel? Will we take a spiritual approach, including gratitude, toward the event? Will we question life and our Higher Power by asking what we're supposed to be learning and doing? Or will we use the incident to prove old, negative beliefs? Will we say, "Nothing good ever happens to me... I'm just a victim... People can't be trusted... Life isn't worth living"?
We do not always require hard energy, or stress, to motivate us to grow and change. We do not have to create stress, seek it, or attract it. But if it's there, we can learn to channel it into growth and use it for achieving what's good in life.
Higher Power, let my hard times be healing times.
From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©
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Twenty-Four Hours a Day
What brave people we are! We have chosen life. Okay, maybe we had a
little push, maybe a big push from our family, police, or the pain of our disease.
But still, we’ve chosen recovery. We choose daily to let our Higher Power run
our lives. What trust! What faith! What courage!
We work hard at recovery. We do our meditate. We look for ways to serve others.
Each one of us is building a miracle. We can be proud of this.
Prayer for the Day: I pray that I’ll have the courage to love myself. High Power,
teach me to pat myself on the back when I deserve it.
Action for the Day: I will list three ways I am brave in recovery and share them with my group.
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One Day At A Time
We found that as soon as we were able to lay aside prejudice
and express even a willingness to believe in a power greater than ourselves,
we commenced to get results, even though it was impossible for any of us to define or comprehend that Power, which is our Higher Poer.
~ Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 46
Thought to Ponder . . .
Minds are like parachutes ... they won't work unless they're open.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
W H O = Willingness, Honesty, Open-mindedness.
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Daily Motivation
What you fear most intensely and most persistently, you will likely create as a result of the energy and attention you give to it. If what you fear is mostly imagined, quickly let go of that fear before it makes itself real.
Listen to your fears and learn from them, but do not live with them for prolonged periods. Give your life’s energy not to fear, but to your highest hopes, desires, dreams and positive possibilities.
Have respect for that which can harm you. Yet do not spend your life running from it or fighting against it.
Rather, spend your time moving quickly forward, running toward your dreams. Put your focus on the actions you can take to reach those dreams.
Then your fears will naturally recede into insignificance. And your dreams will come magnificently to life.
— Ralph Marston
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