Thursday, September 7, 2017
Today's Gift
Stop making excuses for other people.
Stop making excuses for ourselves.
While it is our goal to develop compassion and achieve forgiveness, acceptance, and love, it is also our goal to accept reality and hold people accountable for their behavior. We can also hold ourselves accountable for our own behavior and, at the same time, have compassion and understanding for ourselves.
When we claim powerlessness, we are not claiming irresponsibility. We have no power to control others, what they do, what they did, or what they might do. We're stating that we are willing to end an ineffective life based on willpower and control. And we're beginning a spiritual, mental, and emotional journey in which we take responsibility for ourselves.
We are not victims. We are not helpless. Accepting powerlessness when that is appropriate enables us to begin owning our true power to take care of ourselves.
Motives
This odd trait of mind and emotion, this perverse wish to hide a bad motive underneath a good one, permeates human affairs from top to bottom. This subtle and elusive kind of self-righteousness can underlie the smallest act or thought. Learning daily to spot, admit, and correct these flaws is the essence of character-building and good living.
- 12 Steps & 12 Traditions, pp. 94 - 95
Thought to Ponder
Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
AA-related 'Alconym'
L O V E = Leave Out Violent Emotion
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Channel your passion
Friendship and community are, first of all, inner qualities. —Henri J. M. Nouwen
Many of us mistakenly search outside ourselves for answers. We feel small inside and not very powerful. Many of us have tried to change our lives by affecting the people around us. Naturally, when we think of making friends, we assume we would start by getting a friend. But such beginnings often don't lead very far.
Friendship begins as an inward attitude or feeling before it is expressed outwardly. Perhaps we could first notice whom we feel friendly toward. Whom do we admire? Whom do we feel an affinity with? Let that friendliness exist within, and it will begin to express itself. Are we grasping for acceptance or response? Let us remain with our own goodwill and not return to old attempts to get someone else to change. Friendship exists as a feeling of admiration, of love, of fellowship, without demand. And when we are another person's friend, let us accept their friendship and enjoy it without trying to change it or them.
Today, I will simply notice my friendly feelings toward others.
From Touchstones: A Book of Daily Meditations for Men ©
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
Powerless over Others
Powerless over Others
Stop making excuses for other people.
Stop making excuses for ourselves.
While it is our goal to develop compassion and achieve forgiveness, acceptance, and love, it is also our goal to accept reality and hold people accountable for their behavior. We can also hold ourselves accountable for our own behavior and, at the same time, have compassion and understanding for ourselves.
When we claim powerlessness, we are not claiming irresponsibility. We have no power to control others, what they do, what they did, or what they might do. We're stating that we are willing to end an ineffective life based on willpower and control. And we're beginning a spiritual, mental, and emotional journey in which we take responsibility for ourselves.
We are not victims. We are not helpless. Accepting powerlessness when that is appropriate enables us to begin owning our true power to take care of ourselves.
Action for the Day: Today, I will avoid making excuses for my own or someone else's behavior. I will let consequences and responsibility fall where they belong.
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
Motives
This odd trait of mind and emotion, this perverse wish to hide a bad motive underneath a good one, permeates human affairs from top to bottom. This subtle and elusive kind of self-righteousness can underlie the smallest act or thought. Learning daily to spot, admit, and correct these flaws is the essence of character-building and good living.
- 12 Steps & 12 Traditions, pp. 94 - 95
Thought to Ponder
Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
AA-related 'Alconym'
L O V E = Leave Out Violent Emotion
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Channel your passion
by Ralph Marston
You have the chance to make a big difference today. Make the best use of that opportunity by letting go of battles that are already over.
Don’t waste your energy blaming yourself and don’t waste your time blaming others. Just get going and do what you can do now.
Wishing that things had been different or complaining about the way events unfolded, will not change anything now. What will change life for the better is your commitment to move positively forward.
Today presents its own unique opportunities. Focus on what you can do with them, not on where they came from.
Transform regret, resentment, anger, and disappointment into determination and inspiration. Channel your passion into positive action.
Respond to the past by giving your best in the present. And create a future that is filled with goodness and real value.
You have the chance to make a big difference today. Make the best use of that opportunity by letting go of battles that are already over.
Don’t waste your energy blaming yourself and don’t waste your time blaming others. Just get going and do what you can do now.
Wishing that things had been different or complaining about the way events unfolded, will not change anything now. What will change life for the better is your commitment to move positively forward.
Today presents its own unique opportunities. Focus on what you can do with them, not on where they came from.
Transform regret, resentment, anger, and disappointment into determination and inspiration. Channel your passion into positive action.
Respond to the past by giving your best in the present. And create a future that is filled with goodness and real value.
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