Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Today's Gift
If we could untangle the mysteries of life and unravel the energies, which run through the world; if we could evaluate correctly the significance of passing events; if we could measure the struggles, dilemmas, and aspirations of mankind, we could find that nothing is born out of time. Everything comes at its appointed moment. --Joseph R. Sizoo
Timing can be frustrating. We can wait and wait for something to happen, and it seems to be forever until it comes to pass. Or, suddenly, an event or circumstance is thrust upon us, catching us by surprise. Believing that things happen too slowly or too quickly is an illusion. Timing is perfect.
Today’s Action: Today, I will trust and work with Divine Order. I will accept the timing in my life today and in my past as being perfect.
A Good Beginning
In this book you read again and again that faith did for us what we could not do for ourselves.
We hope you are convinced now that a Higher Power can remove whatever self-will has blocked you off from Them.
If you have already made a decision, and an inventory of your grosser handicaps, you have made a good beginning. That being so you have swallowed and digested some big chunks of truth about yourself.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 70 - 71
Thought to Ponder
If I have the courage to begin, I have the courage to succeed.
AA-related 'Alconym'
H O W = Honest, Open-minded, Willing
All the good you have
Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later win a little more. —Louis L'Amour
How much fuller each day feels when we can be patient and accept the inches we have progressed. Yet, we are aware of large problems which require miles of progress. We may want others in our lives to change quickly, we may be impatient with a work situation, or we may feel angry about a slow progression.
Perhaps the spiritual message to us is we need to surrender to time. We are on the road moving in the direction of success. The forces of progress are at work. Our growth now may come in learning patience and trusting this process. Looking back we might see a mile of progress. It was made an inch at a time.
Today, I will accept my progress. There are many rewards already.
From Touchstones: A Book of Daily Meditations for Men ©
From: Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation - Thought for the Day http://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/recovery/thought-for-the-day
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Keep It Simple
Timing
Timing
If we could untangle the mysteries of life and unravel the energies, which run through the world; if we could evaluate correctly the significance of passing events; if we could measure the struggles, dilemmas, and aspirations of mankind, we could find that nothing is born out of time. Everything comes at its appointed moment. --Joseph R. Sizoo
Timing can be frustrating. We can wait and wait for something to happen, and it seems to be forever until it comes to pass. Or, suddenly, an event or circumstance is thrust upon us, catching us by surprise. Believing that things happen too slowly or too quickly is an illusion. Timing is perfect.
Today’s Action: Today, I will trust and work with Divine Order. I will accept the timing in my life today and in my past as being perfect.
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
A Good Beginning
In this book you read again and again that faith did for us what we could not do for ourselves.
We hope you are convinced now that a Higher Power can remove whatever self-will has blocked you off from Them.
If you have already made a decision, and an inventory of your grosser handicaps, you have made a good beginning. That being so you have swallowed and digested some big chunks of truth about yourself.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 70 - 71
Thought to Ponder
If I have the courage to begin, I have the courage to succeed.
AA-related 'Alconym'
H O W = Honest, Open-minded, Willing
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
All the good you have
by Ralph Marston
There are so many things to be thankful for, you cannot ever know what they all are. Though you face difficult problems, and life is not perfect, you have potential beyond anything you can comprehend.
Just in the last sixty seconds, processes you’ll never understand occurred within your body to keep you alive. You can see, think, hear, speak, take action, move from place to place, make choices and then act on those choices.
For thousands of years, people have acquired knowledge through unimaginable toil, pain, patience, inspiration, ingenuity, and heartbreak. Most of that priceless recorded knowledge is now immediately available to you with a few mouse clicks.
What you have is amazing. What will you do with it today, to live up to the limitless potential that’s right in front of you?
Gratitude is good, but woefully insufficient. Your own immense good fortune obligates you to so much more.
Be thankful that you have more to be thankful for than you can ever know. Put your gratitude into action, and discover how much more good you can do with all the great things you have.
There are so many things to be thankful for, you cannot ever know what they all are. Though you face difficult problems, and life is not perfect, you have potential beyond anything you can comprehend.
Just in the last sixty seconds, processes you’ll never understand occurred within your body to keep you alive. You can see, think, hear, speak, take action, move from place to place, make choices and then act on those choices.
For thousands of years, people have acquired knowledge through unimaginable toil, pain, patience, inspiration, ingenuity, and heartbreak. Most of that priceless recorded knowledge is now immediately available to you with a few mouse clicks.
What you have is amazing. What will you do with it today, to live up to the limitless potential that’s right in front of you?
Gratitude is good, but woefully insufficient. Your own immense good fortune obligates you to so much more.
Be thankful that you have more to be thankful for than you can ever know. Put your gratitude into action, and discover how much more good you can do with all the great things you have.
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