Monday, April 2, 2018
Today's Gift
Facing Reality.
Like it or not, life seems to have certain risks that just can't be avoided. Many are not really comfortable with risk-taking. This is especially true in situations that include risk of rejection, risk of defeat, or risk of loss.
If we try to get through life without accepting some risk, however, we're simply not being realistic. The refusal to accept risk may also mean that we miss wonderful opportunities in the process.
What should we do? We should face risk intelligently and with spiritual preparation. FIRST, we do everything possible to reduce risk in any situation (thus making it a "calculated risk"). THEN we pray for guidance and inspiration (but not a certain outcome). FINALLY, we do our very best to succeed in the situation, whether it's a courtship, a job search, competition in sports, or whatever.
We might surprise ourselves by succeeding more times than we fail. But even in temporary failure, we gain if we follow through in accepting reasonable and necessary risks.
Inspiration
Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with our Higher Power,
it is not probable that we are going to be inspired at all times. We might
pay for this presumption in all sorts of absurd actions and ideas. Nevertheless,
we find that our thinking will, as time passes, be more and more on
the plane of inspiration. We come to rely upon it.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 87
Thought to Ponder
The Three "P's" -- Pause, Pray, Proceed.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A S A P = Always Say A Prayer
Driven by love
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. —Amelia Earhart
We have learned from experience that a wave of peacefulness washes over us after we have successfully finished a task that was difficult to face. Courage has its reward. However, from time to time, and from task to task, we find we need the reminder that peace will come once the loose ends have been tied by us.
Our search for peace was desperate and unending in past years. Our fears overwhelmed us more often than not. Courage was seldom displayed. Tasks were often left half done or not done at all. Challenges went unmet. And peace eluded us.
Peace is ours, now and always, as we go forth with the strength of the Universe to bolster us. New jobs, new friends, new situations may still elicit our old fears. But their hold on us is gone. We must believe that we face nothing alone. What relief that simple truth brings.
Courage is one of the Universe's gifts. I will have courage to go forward: to meet the new day, to handle whatever confronts me. Peace is coupled with courage, now and forever.
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
Accepting Risk
Accepting Risk
Facing Reality.
Like it or not, life seems to have certain risks that just can't be avoided. Many are not really comfortable with risk-taking. This is especially true in situations that include risk of rejection, risk of defeat, or risk of loss.
If we try to get through life without accepting some risk, however, we're simply not being realistic. The refusal to accept risk may also mean that we miss wonderful opportunities in the process.
What should we do? We should face risk intelligently and with spiritual preparation. FIRST, we do everything possible to reduce risk in any situation (thus making it a "calculated risk"). THEN we pray for guidance and inspiration (but not a certain outcome). FINALLY, we do our very best to succeed in the situation, whether it's a courtship, a job search, competition in sports, or whatever.
We might surprise ourselves by succeeding more times than we fail. But even in temporary failure, we gain if we follow through in accepting reasonable and necessary risks.
Action for the Day: I'll exercise prudence and good judgment in all my undertakings today, but I won't expect to be able to "play it safe" in everything. As a human being, I have to take risks in life.
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
Inspiration
Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with our Higher Power,
it is not probable that we are going to be inspired at all times. We might
pay for this presumption in all sorts of absurd actions and ideas. Nevertheless,
we find that our thinking will, as time passes, be more and more on
the plane of inspiration. We come to rely upon it.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 87
Thought to Ponder
The Three "P's" -- Pause, Pray, Proceed.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A S A P = Always Say A Prayer
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Driven by love
by Ralph Marston
Your life has great power, beyond what you can even imagine. Keep that power always pointed in the direction of love.
You act, you speak, you remember, you feel. You imagine what can be, and then call upon your power of intention and your presence to bring what you imagine into reality.
Do all these things, and everything, tempered, informed, driven, by love. Let love be your motive, let love be your reason, let love be your guide.
You cannot define what love is, nor put any limit on its meaning. Yet you know without question when you feel love, and when you don’t.
Go always in the direction where you feel led by love. Transform everything you are into the highest and best you can be, with love.
Refuse to be swayed by anything less. Let your actions, your words, your energy and thoughts, your life, be driven by love.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
Your life has great power, beyond what you can even imagine. Keep that power always pointed in the direction of love.
You act, you speak, you remember, you feel. You imagine what can be, and then call upon your power of intention and your presence to bring what you imagine into reality.
Do all these things, and everything, tempered, informed, driven, by love. Let love be your motive, let love be your reason, let love be your guide.
You cannot define what love is, nor put any limit on its meaning. Yet you know without question when you feel love, and when you don’t.
Go always in the direction where you feel led by love. Transform everything you are into the highest and best you can be, with love.
Refuse to be swayed by anything less. Let your actions, your words, your energy and thoughts, your life, be driven by love.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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