Thursday, May 4, 2017
Today's Gift
Excitement does not create happiness. We find true happiness when we learn to serve others in right ways; that is, without demanding their gratitude or some other recognition. We also find true happiness in self-acceptance being generally satisfied with our lot in life and grateful for the self-improvement we've found. We find happiness, too, in keeping occupied with useful activities that place demands on our energies and abilities.
There is no such thing as a happy alcoholic who is still drinking or and addict still drugging. There are also recovering people who have not yet found happiness. But the program unlocks the happiness, and we do have members whose happiness is an example to others.
Psychic Change
On the other hand—and strange as this may seem to those who do not understand—once
a psychic change has occurred, the very same person who seemed doomed, who had so
many problems they despaired of ever solving them, suddenly finds themself easily able
to control their desire for alcohol, the only effort necessary being that required
to follow a few simple rules.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. xxix
Thought to Ponder . . .
A spiritual awakening is our greatest gift.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
G R O W T H = God Reveals Other Ways To Heal
Find the good in what happens
by Ralph Marston
What feels like a setback does not have to be a setback. It can be an opportunity to find a better way.
It’s easy to be thankful for all the things that go your way. Yet there’s even more power in being thankful when things don’t go your way.
You can find the good in what happens, whatever may happen. You can find a positive way forward from even the most difficult situations.
Everything is an opportunity when you decide to make it an opportunity. Just saying that doesn’t make it so, yet your actions and your attitude can make it so.
Even from the lowest point in the dark valley, there’s a path leading to the sunlit mountain peak. No matter where you are or what has happened, your next step can be a positive one.
Feel your faith, feel your courage, feel your strength and resilience, and take that positive step. You have much goodness to give, to live.
How the I pervades all things! --William Ellery Channing
If we could extract the "I" from our thoughts, some of us would lose our focus. We have a tendency to think only of our comfort, our convenience, our point of view, our feelings, and our happiness.
What if we made a conscious effort every day to put someone else first? What would it cost? The results may surprise us, because one of the spiritual paradoxes is that putting another first, makes us happy. It may be hard for the I in us to release its hold, but focusing on the needs of someone else can bring us a sense of deep personal satisfaction.
Today I will focus on the needs of those around me, before my own.
From the book In God's Care by Karen Casey. ©
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
Walk in Dry Places
Secrets of the New Happiness
Most of us know whether other people are truly happy. What's odd, however, is that we don't often try to practice the things that bring happiness to others. Often, the happiness we're striving for is really a form of excitement trying to be continuously stimulated so as not to be bored or depressed.
Success in living.
Most of us know whether other people are truly happy. What's odd, however, is that we don't often try to practice the things that bring happiness to others. Often, the happiness we're striving for is really a form of excitement trying to be continuously stimulated so as not to be bored or depressed.
Excitement does not create happiness. We find true happiness when we learn to serve others in right ways; that is, without demanding their gratitude or some other recognition. We also find true happiness in self-acceptance being generally satisfied with our lot in life and grateful for the self-improvement we've found. We find happiness, too, in keeping occupied with useful activities that place demands on our energies and abilities.
There is no such thing as a happy alcoholic who is still drinking or and addict still drugging. There are also recovering people who have not yet found happiness. But the program unlocks the happiness, and we do have members whose happiness is an example to others.
Action for the Day: I can be happy one day at a time. I will make the choice to be happy today, and to let tomorrow come in its own time. Nothing can interfere with today's happiness.
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
Psychic Change
On the other hand—and strange as this may seem to those who do not understand—once
a psychic change has occurred, the very same person who seemed doomed, who had so
many problems they despaired of ever solving them, suddenly finds themself easily able
to control their desire for alcohol, the only effort necessary being that required
to follow a few simple rules.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. xxix
Thought to Ponder . . .
A spiritual awakening is our greatest gift.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
G R O W T H = God Reveals Other Ways To Heal
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Find the good in what happens
by Ralph Marston
What feels like a setback does not have to be a setback. It can be an opportunity to find a better way.
It’s easy to be thankful for all the things that go your way. Yet there’s even more power in being thankful when things don’t go your way.
You can find the good in what happens, whatever may happen. You can find a positive way forward from even the most difficult situations.
Everything is an opportunity when you decide to make it an opportunity. Just saying that doesn’t make it so, yet your actions and your attitude can make it so.
Even from the lowest point in the dark valley, there’s a path leading to the sunlit mountain peak. No matter where you are or what has happened, your next step can be a positive one.
Feel your faith, feel your courage, feel your strength and resilience, and take that positive step. You have much goodness to give, to live.
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