Friday, October 27, 2017
Today's Gift
Promises
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development,
we will be amazed before we are half way through.
We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 83 - 84
Thought to Ponder
Serenity is not the absence of conflict but the ability to cope with it.
AA-related 'Alconym'
S T E P = Something That Enhances Peace
All in stride
Problems have only the size and the power that you give them. —S. H.
We will not be free from all difficulties today, or during any period of our lives. But we have the personal power to eliminate the threat, the sting of any challenge. But it's our vision of circumstances that gives them their interpretation.
At this moment, we are defining our experience. We are labeling events good or bad, valuable or meaningless. And our growth, particularly this day, is greatly influenced by the value judgments we attach to our experiences.
As we grow stronger emotionally and spiritually, we learn that all difficulties are truly opportunities for exceptional growth and increased awareness of the truth of existence. All experiences can be taken in stride if we are trustful of their intended blessing.
We are sharing this life, every moment of it, with a power greater than ourselves. We need not worry about any circumstance. Always we are watched over. We never need struggle alone.
We can let go of our problems. It's ourselves and that attitude we have cultivated that makes any situation a problem. We can turn it loose and therein discover the solution.
I will not make mountains out of the molehills of my life.
From Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women 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
Keep It Simple
You have to live on this 24 hours of daily time. Out of it you have to spin health, pleasure, money, content, respect, and the evolution of your mortal soul. Its right use, its most effective use, is a matter of highest urgency. --Arnold Bennett
We have 24 hours to accomplish all we need tor mental, physical, and spiritual growth. Just because morning meditations have been read, the work or school day is completed, and the day is waning doesn't mean growth time is over.
The first 12 hours of a day are usually spent housecleaning, raising children, working, running errands, and so on. By the time the activities have ended, we're ready for the second 12 hours: contemplation, relaxation, communication with family and friends, socializing, eating dinner, going to a meeting, sleeping.
Our most effective use of each day means believing we can accomplish something. There is time to be grateful for each day's experiences. There is time to build relationships with ourselves and others. Each day there is time to grow.
We have 24 hours to accomplish all we need tor mental, physical, and spiritual growth. Just because morning meditations have been read, the work or school day is completed, and the day is waning doesn't mean growth time is over.
The first 12 hours of a day are usually spent housecleaning, raising children, working, running errands, and so on. By the time the activities have ended, we're ready for the second 12 hours: contemplation, relaxation, communication with family and friends, socializing, eating dinner, going to a meeting, sleeping.
Our most effective use of each day means believing we can accomplish something. There is time to be grateful for each day's experiences. There is time to build relationships with ourselves and others. Each day there is time to grow.
Action for the Day: I will live my 24 hours effectively so that I may continue in my 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
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development,
we will be amazed before we are half way through.
We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 83 - 84
Thought to Ponder
Serenity is not the absence of conflict but the ability to cope with it.
AA-related 'Alconym'
S T E P = Something That Enhances Peace
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
Problems will come, and you’ll be able to handle them all. You’ve done it before and you’ll do it many times again.
Challenges will arise, and you’ll navigate your way through them all. All the while you’ll be adding to your skills, your experience, and to the value in your world.
Life will unfold precisely as it will, whether you worry about it or not. So find something other than worrying to do.
Some situations will go your way and others won’t. Be prepared for the ups, prepared for the downs, and in a position to take it all in stride.
Graciously accept the victories without becoming too complacent. Gracefully yield to the disappointments while at the same time drawing positive determination from them.
Though you don’t know exactly what it will be, you have everything to look forward to. Because you can take it all in stride and make the best of whatever may appear.
Problems will come, and you’ll be able to handle them all. You’ve done it before and you’ll do it many times again.
Challenges will arise, and you’ll navigate your way through them all. All the while you’ll be adding to your skills, your experience, and to the value in your world.
Life will unfold precisely as it will, whether you worry about it or not. So find something other than worrying to do.
Some situations will go your way and others won’t. Be prepared for the ups, prepared for the downs, and in a position to take it all in stride.
Graciously accept the victories without becoming too complacent. Gracefully yield to the disappointments while at the same time drawing positive determination from them.
Though you don’t know exactly what it will be, you have everything to look forward to. Because you can take it all in stride and make the best of whatever may appear.
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