Friday, January 26, 2018
Today's Gift
You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face, And show the world all the love in your heart,
Then people gonna treat you better.
You're gonna find, yes, you will,
That you're beautiful, as you feel.
—Carole King
"Act as if." There's magic in behaving the way we want to be, even though we don't yet feel it. The behavior seems to lead the way. The attitude, the mental state, follows.
Many days we may not get up with love in our hearts for our family, our friends, our co-workers. We may, in fact, want them to show their love for us first. But if we reach out, give love unconditionally; focus on another's needs, love will return tenfold. And the act of loving them will lift our own spirits. We will know love; we will feel love for ourselves and the many other persons close to us.
The attitude we cultivate, whether one of love or selfishness, inferiority or superiority, will determine how the events of our lives affect us. The principle is so simple. If we meet life with love, with a smile, we'll find love and something to smile about.
My attitude will make this day what it becomes. Meeting it head-on, with love, will assure me of a lovely day.
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
Nothing is more difficult than competing with a myth. --Francoise Giroud
Sometimes we think we need to try and be something we're not. Maybe we feel pressure from friends to behave or dress like someone else. All we need to do is remember when we were younger and dressed in our parents' clothes and shoes. We pretended to be grownups, and it was fun for a while. Then the huge shoes on our feet grew clumsy and uncomfortable and the mountain of rolled-up sleeves kept falling down and getting in the way. Soon we grew tired of the game and stopped pretending. Today when we start feeling the pressure to be someone else, let's remember how hard it is to play a role that doesn't fit us.
Action for the Day: Today I will do something that is most like me.
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
Step Twelve
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry
this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
"If the day comes that I do drink again, it will not be because I had no alternative.
It will be because I had an alternative, provided by a loving Higher Power,
but was unwilling to use it."
- AA Grapevine, October 1994,
"Lock Me Up, Please"
Thought to Ponder
It's not what I know in recovery that keeps me sober.
It's what I do that keeps me sober.
AA-related 'Alconym'
P R O G R A M = People Relying On Goodness Relaying A Message
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Be yourself
by Ralph Marston
Your job is to be yourself. Some people will like who you are and some won’t, but there’s really nothing you can do about the preferences of other people.
What you can do, is be your genuine self. What you can do is live and work and speak and act according to what’s important to you, not worried in the least about what others might think.
You have the opportunity to live each moment in the service of all you love and treasure. True fulfillment will come from doing so, and not from the admiration of others.
Certainly it pays to be polite, respectful, friendly and decent to others. But none of that matters if you are not also your authentic self.
People can spot a fraud pretty quickly. It’s much easier, and a whole lot smarter, to be yourself.
You are unique, valuable and worthy of a great life. Be yourself, give your special gifts sincerely to life, and enjoy the beautiful experience of living as the real person you are.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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