Friday, December 29, 2017
Today's Gift
Relationships with other people are necessary to escape loneliness; however, relationships do not guarantee freedom from pain. Nurturing a meaningful relationship with another human being takes patience, even when we don't have any. It takes tolerance, even if we don't feel it. It takes selflessness, at those very moments our own ego is crying for attention.
Yet, we need relationships with others; they inspire us. We learn who we are and who we can become through relationships. They precipitate our accomplishments. Our creativity is encouraged by them, and so is our emotional and spiritual development.
We can look around us, attentively. We can feel blessed, even when it's a negative situation. Every situation is capable of inspiring a positive step forward. Every situation is meant for our good.
Lost Faith
"The here and now was good enough for us. The will to win would carry
us through. But then alcohol began to have its way with us. Finally,
when all our score cards read 'zero,' and we saw that one more strike
would put us out of the game forever, we had to look for our lost faith.
It was in A.A, that we rediscovered it. And so can you.”
- Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions, p. 29
Thought to Ponder
Faith isn't believing that our Higher Power can, but that They will.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F A I T H = Facing All, Intuitively Trusting a Higher Power
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Patience and understanding
Be Patient with Everyone --from writings by St. Francis de Sales
Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself . . . do not be disappointed by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage.
How are you to be patient in dealing with your neighbor's faults if you are impatient in dealing with your own?
They who are worried by their own shortcomings will not correct them.
All positive progress comes from a calm and peaceful mind.
From the book The 12 Step Prayer Book Volume 2 by Bill P. and Lisa D. ©
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
Kindness and intelligence don't always deliver us from the pitfalls and traps. There is no way to take the danger out of human relationships. --Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Kindness and intelligence don't always deliver us from the pitfalls and traps. There is no way to take the danger out of human relationships. --Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Relationships with other people are necessary to escape loneliness; however, relationships do not guarantee freedom from pain. Nurturing a meaningful relationship with another human being takes patience, even when we don't have any. It takes tolerance, even if we don't feel it. It takes selflessness, at those very moments our own ego is crying for attention.
Yet, we need relationships with others; they inspire us. We learn who we are and who we can become through relationships. They precipitate our accomplishments. Our creativity is encouraged by them, and so is our emotional and spiritual development.
We can look around us, attentively. We can feel blessed, even when it's a negative situation. Every situation is capable of inspiring a positive step forward. Every situation is meant for our good.
Action for the Day: There's risk in human relationships, and it's often accompanied by pain. But I am guaranteed growth, and I will find the happiness I seek. I will reach out to someone today.
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
Lost Faith
"The here and now was good enough for us. The will to win would carry
us through. But then alcohol began to have its way with us. Finally,
when all our score cards read 'zero,' and we saw that one more strike
would put us out of the game forever, we had to look for our lost faith.
It was in A.A, that we rediscovered it. And so can you.”
- Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions, p. 29
Thought to Ponder
Faith isn't believing that our Higher Power can, but that They will.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F A I T H = Facing All, Intuitively Trusting a Higher Power
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html
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Daily Motivation
Patience and understanding
by Ralph Marston
Here’s something to keep in mind as you go through this hectic day. The person who benefits most from your patience is you.
Yes, you’ll come across many people who are rude, annoying and self-centered. But does it really serve any positive purpose for you to sink to their depths of negativity?
Instead, take the opportunity to rise to a higher level of peacefulness and understanding. Take the opportunity to practice and strengthen your patience.
Patience and understanding will take you to places where anger, frustration, confusion and anxiety can never reach. Patience and understanding put you in a position of real power and effectiveness.
Practice patience, and you will build real strength. Live with patience and understanding, and a whole new world of valuable opportunities will open up to you.
There’s nothing to be gained by reacting to rudeness and anxiety with more rudeness and anxiety of your own making. Respond instead with patience and understanding, and you’ll make your world a much better place.
Here’s something to keep in mind as you go through this hectic day. The person who benefits most from your patience is you.
Yes, you’ll come across many people who are rude, annoying and self-centered. But does it really serve any positive purpose for you to sink to their depths of negativity?
Instead, take the opportunity to rise to a higher level of peacefulness and understanding. Take the opportunity to practice and strengthen your patience.
Patience and understanding will take you to places where anger, frustration, confusion and anxiety can never reach. Patience and understanding put you in a position of real power and effectiveness.
Practice patience, and you will build real strength. Live with patience and understanding, and a whole new world of valuable opportunities will open up to you.
There’s nothing to be gained by reacting to rudeness and anxiety with more rudeness and anxiety of your own making. Respond instead with patience and understanding, and you’ll make your world a much better place.
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