Monday, April 30, 2018
Today's Gift
Being used to a situation, even a painful one, carries with it a level of comfort. Moving away from the pain, changing the situation, be it job, home, or relationships, takes courage and support from other persons. But even more it takes faith that the change will benefit us. For most of us, the pain will need to worsen.
In retrospect, we wonder why it took us so long. We forget, from one instance to the next, that a new door cannot open until we've closed one behind us. The more important fact is that a new one will always open without fail. The pain of the old experience is trying to push us to new challenges, new opportunities, new growth. We can handle the change; we can handle the growth. We are never given more than we can handle, and we are always given just what we need.
Experience can't prepare us for the ramifications of a new change. But our trust in friends, and our faith in the spiritual process of life, can and will see us through whatever comes.
From Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women by Karen Casey ©
Safe and Protected
We are not fighting it, neither are we avoiding temptation. We feel as though
we had been placed in a position of neutrality—safe and protected. We have
not even sworn off. Instead, the problem has been removed. It does not exist
for us. We are neither cocky nor are we afraid. That is our experience.
That is how we react so long as we keep in fit spiritual condition.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 85
Thought to Ponder
Spiritual progress isn't what gets us sober, it's what keeps us sober.
AA-related 'Alconym'
S O B E R = Spiritually On Beam; Everything's Right
Respond with determination
Accustomed as we are to change, or unaccustomed, we think of a change of heart, of clothes, of life, with some uncertainty. --Josephine Miles
Being used to a situation, even a painful one, carries with it a level of comfort. Moving away from the pain, changing the situation, be it job, home, or relationships, takes courage and support from other persons. But even more it takes faith that the change will benefit us. For most of us, the pain will need to worsen.
In retrospect, we wonder why it took us so long. We forget, from one instance to the next, that a new door cannot open until we've closed one behind us. The more important fact is that a new one will always open without fail. The pain of the old experience is trying to push us to new challenges, new opportunities, new growth. We can handle the change; we can handle the growth. We are never given more than we can handle, and we are always given just what we need.
Experience can't prepare us for the ramifications of a new change. But our trust in friends, and our faith in the spiritual process of life, can and will see us through whatever comes.
If a change of any kind is facing me today, I will know that I am not alone. Whatever I am facing is right for me and necessary to my well-being. Life is growth. The next stage of my life awaits me.
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
What is obvious to me is that we did not create ourselves... life is something inside of you. You did not create it. Once you understand that, you are in a spiritual realm. --Virginia Satir
We do not belong to ourselves, but to the universe. No one planned to come into existence; we just happened to find ourselves here. We are the expressions of a life force whose beginnings are in the forgotten past. What does this mean on a practical level for how we will live today? For one thing, maybe we don't need to take ourselves so seriously. And we certainly are not to judge our existence. We have a right to be here, just as everyone does.
We can live this day fully and not hold ourselves back. We may work hard, play, and enjoy it. We need not rein in or attempt to control this force which so far exceeds our individual powers. Rather, today we can learn to flow with the current.
Action for the Day: Today, may I remember my Higher Power is within every cell of my being, whether I notice it or not.
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
Safe and Protected
We are not fighting it, neither are we avoiding temptation. We feel as though
we had been placed in a position of neutrality—safe and protected. We have
not even sworn off. Instead, the problem has been removed. It does not exist
for us. We are neither cocky nor are we afraid. That is our experience.
That is how we react so long as we keep in fit spiritual condition.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 85
Thought to Ponder
Spiritual progress isn't what gets us sober, it's what keeps us sober.
AA-related 'Alconym'
S O B E R = Spiritually On Beam; Everything's Right
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Respond with determination
by Ralph Marston
When life slams you down, respond with determination rather than dejection. Respond with self-empowerment rather than self-pity.
Self-pity wastes your effort and time. Being outraged that the world has hurt you, or someone else, won’t ease the hurt in the least.
Transform that outrage, that pity, into positive action. There is something you can do in response that will improve the situation, and the sooner you do it, the better.
Injustice is awful. Yet being paralyzed by your own outrage just makes the injustice that much worse.
Summon the strength, do the work, to come up with a better response. Challenge yourself to create a positive way forward that will change conditions for the better.
Difficulties will make you stronger, give you great opportunity, if you let them. Point your energy in a positive direction, and actively do what’s best for the life you love.
When life slams you down, respond with determination rather than dejection. Respond with self-empowerment rather than self-pity.
Self-pity wastes your effort and time. Being outraged that the world has hurt you, or someone else, won’t ease the hurt in the least.
Transform that outrage, that pity, into positive action. There is something you can do in response that will improve the situation, and the sooner you do it, the better.
Injustice is awful. Yet being paralyzed by your own outrage just makes the injustice that much worse.
Summon the strength, do the work, to come up with a better response. Challenge yourself to create a positive way forward that will change conditions for the better.
Difficulties will make you stronger, give you great opportunity, if you let them. Point your energy in a positive direction, and actively do what’s best for the life you love.
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