Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Today's Gift
Our great liberation came in opening up our minds to new ideas. This same process might be needed to sober living. We may have an investment in old attitudes and ideas that are keeping us from constructive growth. Without giving up our attitudes immediately, we can at least give new ideas hones consideration and study.
True open-mindedness does not mean empty-mindedness. We still can have strong convictions, consistent values, and definite opinions. But in the spirit of open-mindedness, we should continuously reexamine our views and adopt new ideas for improvement and growth.
Open-mindedness helped bring us to sobriety. It can also open the doors to other blessings that will bring enrichment and happiness.
Inner Resource
What often takes place in a few months could seldom have been accomplished
by years of self-discipline. With few exceptions our members find that
they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify
with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 567 - 568
Thought to Ponder
Trust your Higher Power. Clean house. Help others.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F A I T H = Facing All, Intuitively Trusting a Higher Power
No regrets
One must not accept; they must challenge. They must not be awed by that which has been built up around them; they must reverence that person in them which struggles for expression. —Margaret Sanger
Our desire to grow, to make a place for ourselves in the world of our friends, to know that we have counted in the lives of others, is healthy and necessary to our existence as whole women. The inner urging to move ahead, to try a new approach to an old problem, to go after a new job, to learn a new skill, is evidence of the Universe's eternal Spirit within.
Our meaning in this life is found through following the guidance that beckons us toward these new horizons, perhaps new friends, even new locations. We can trust the urge. We can reverence the urge. It will not lead us astray, provided we do not try to lead it. We each have a special gift to express in this life among those to whom we've been led.
For years, many of us quelled the inner urge out of fear; but, fortunately, it didn't desert us. To be human is to have a constant desire to be more than we are. The fears still come, but as we move through them, with the support of other people, other friends, life gives us the thrill of achievement. We know there is meaning in our existence.
The need to grow, to change, to affect the world around us is part of the Universe's plan for each of us. I will trust the urge; I will let it guide my every step.
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
Walk In Dry Places
Open-mindedness Means Growth
Open-mindedness Means Growth
Facing Change
While open-mindedness is supposedly virtuous, many of us have difficulty with it. In our drinking, we continued to suffer because we were unwilling to believe that anything could relieve us of our condition. We also feared that change would diminish us.
While open-mindedness is supposedly virtuous, many of us have difficulty with it. In our drinking, we continued to suffer because we were unwilling to believe that anything could relieve us of our condition. We also feared that change would diminish us.
Our great liberation came in opening up our minds to new ideas. This same process might be needed to sober living. We may have an investment in old attitudes and ideas that are keeping us from constructive growth. Without giving up our attitudes immediately, we can at least give new ideas hones consideration and study.
True open-mindedness does not mean empty-mindedness. We still can have strong convictions, consistent values, and definite opinions. But in the spirit of open-mindedness, we should continuously reexamine our views and adopt new ideas for improvement and growth.
Open-mindedness helped bring us to sobriety. It can also open the doors to other blessings that will bring enrichment and happiness.
Action for the Day: I will be open-minded and curious today. New ideas can bring wonderful benefits to me if I am willing to consider them.
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
Inner Resource
What often takes place in a few months could seldom have been accomplished
by years of self-discipline. With few exceptions our members find that
they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify
with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 567 - 568
Thought to Ponder
Trust your Higher Power. Clean house. Help others.
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)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
No regrets
by Ralph Marston
Effort is inconvenient, uncomfortable, time consuming. But regret is much worse.
You can make the effort now, get it done, get it over with. Or you can endure the regret later, when it’s too late, with nothing you can do to rid yourself of that regret.
Today you have opportunity. But the opportunity will soon expire, and you wouldn’t want to miss it.
Today, with your focused, purposeful effort, you can transform opportunity into achievement. That’s a whole lot better than letting opportunity degrade into regret.
Seize the opportunity while it’s yours. Make the effort, as demanding as it may be, while the option is available to you.
Make the choice that will make you thankful for years to come. Act now, carry much value forward from this day, and no regrets.
Effort is inconvenient, uncomfortable, time consuming. But regret is much worse.
You can make the effort now, get it done, get it over with. Or you can endure the regret later, when it’s too late, with nothing you can do to rid yourself of that regret.
Today you have opportunity. But the opportunity will soon expire, and you wouldn’t want to miss it.
Today, with your focused, purposeful effort, you can transform opportunity into achievement. That’s a whole lot better than letting opportunity degrade into regret.
Seize the opportunity while it’s yours. Make the effort, as demanding as it may be, while the option is available to you.
Make the choice that will make you thankful for years to come. Act now, carry much value forward from this day, and no regrets.
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