Friday, November 24, 2017
Today's Gift
The circumstances of our lives seldom live up to our expectations or desires. However, in each circumstance we are offered an opportunity for growth or change, a chance for greater understanding of life's heights and pitfalls. Each time we choose to lament what isn't, we close the door on the invitation to a better existence.
We simply don't know just what's best for us. Our vision is limited. Less so today than yesterday, but limited still. The experiences we are offered will fail to satisfy our expectations because we expect so much less than the Universe has planned for us in the days ahead.
We get what we need, in the way of relationships, adventures, joys and sorrows, today and every day. Celebrating what we get and knowing there is good in it eases whatever trial we are undergoing. We are cared for, right now. We need not lament what we think we need. We do have what we need. We will always get what we need, when we need it.
Action for the day: I will breathe deeply and relax. At this moment my every need is being attended to. My life is unfolding exactly as it should.
Morals and Philosophy
If a mere code of morals or a better philosophy of life
were sufficient to overcome alcoholism, many of us would
have recovered long ago. But we found that such codes and
philosophies did not save us, no matter how much we tried.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 44 - 45
Thought to Ponder
Faith makes the impossible possible.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F E A R = Face Everything And Recover
Where the joy is
I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there's gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake I dropped my sweater in the sink while the water was running and I could tell it was going to be a terrible day. —Judith Viorst
Some days, for all our good intentions, seem to go sour from the start. Maybe we're tired or feeling ill or preoccupied with a problem that seems insurmountable. Maybe we just got up on the wrong side of the bed.
Living one day at a time means getting the most we can out of today. It also means we know today does not have to doom or dictate tomorrow. If we have a bad day today, that's all it is - a bad day. It does not mean we're bad or that the world is against us or that we might as well give in to our worst attitudes and behaviors since nothing is going right anyway. And it does not mean tomorrow will be a bad day, too.
When we have a bad day - and everyone does - there are a few things we can do while we wait it out. We can slow down. We can be quiet. We can pray and/or meditate. And we can let go. How else will we be able to recognize a wonderful day?
Am I living today - good or bad - and not tomorrow or yesterday?
From Today's Gift: Daily Meditations for Families ©
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
"If onlys" are lonely. --Morgan Jennings
"If onlys" are lonely. --Morgan Jennings
The circumstances of our lives seldom live up to our expectations or desires. However, in each circumstance we are offered an opportunity for growth or change, a chance for greater understanding of life's heights and pitfalls. Each time we choose to lament what isn't, we close the door on the invitation to a better existence.
We simply don't know just what's best for us. Our vision is limited. Less so today than yesterday, but limited still. The experiences we are offered will fail to satisfy our expectations because we expect so much less than the Universe has planned for us in the days ahead.
We get what we need, in the way of relationships, adventures, joys and sorrows, today and every day. Celebrating what we get and knowing there is good in it eases whatever trial we are undergoing. We are cared for, right now. We need not lament what we think we need. We do have what we need. We will always get what we need, when we need it.
Action for the day: I will breathe deeply and relax. At this moment my every need is being attended to. My life is unfolding exactly as it should.
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
Morals and Philosophy
If a mere code of morals or a better philosophy of life
were sufficient to overcome alcoholism, many of us would
have recovered long ago. But we found that such codes and
philosophies did not save us, no matter how much we tried.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 44 - 45
Thought to Ponder
Faith makes the impossible possible.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F E A R = Face Everything And Recover
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Where the joy is
by Ralph Marston
Where is the joy in your life? It is wherever and whenever you choose to accept it and to live it.
You cannot get joy by taking it away from others, for it disappears as soon as you try to possess it. Nor can you experience joy by burdening it with all sorts of conditions and limitations.
The joy you seek is closer than you think. How many times have you looked right past it, straining to see it in the distance when it is already upon you?
Joy is not found by arriving at its locale. Joy is experienced by allowing it into the moments you live.
If you fear losing joy you will never really know it. Let go of the need to hold it, of the need to contain it, and you’ll truly experience the immensity of joy.
Think not of where joy begins and where it can end, for all that will do is keep it away. The joy of life is yours to know, so simply let it be.
Where is the joy in your life? It is wherever and whenever you choose to accept it and to live it.
You cannot get joy by taking it away from others, for it disappears as soon as you try to possess it. Nor can you experience joy by burdening it with all sorts of conditions and limitations.
The joy you seek is closer than you think. How many times have you looked right past it, straining to see it in the distance when it is already upon you?
Joy is not found by arriving at its locale. Joy is experienced by allowing it into the moments you live.
If you fear losing joy you will never really know it. Let go of the need to hold it, of the need to contain it, and you’ll truly experience the immensity of joy.
Think not of where joy begins and where it can end, for all that will do is keep it away. The joy of life is yours to know, so simply let it be.
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