Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Today's Gift
We do not belong to ourselves, but to the universe. No person planned to come into existence; they just happened to find themself 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.
Humility
Indeed, the attainment of greater humility is the foundation principle of each of A.A.'s Twelve Steps.
For without some degree of humility, no alcoholic can stay sober at all. Nearly all A.A.'s have found, too, that unless they develop much more of this precious quality than may be required just for sobriety, they still haven't much chance of becoming truly happy.
- Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions, p. 70
Thought to Ponder
Humility is not thinking less of myself, but thinking of myself less.
AA-related 'Alconym'
G I F T S = Getting It From The Steps
Free of worry
by Ralph Marston
You’ll never run out of things to worry about. However, you can walk away, whenever you choose, from the need to worry.
To stop worrying, you don’t have to stop caring. You just have to make sure your caring doesn’t immobilize you.
When you feel worry coming on, ask yourself this. What step can you take to replace useless worry with useful action?
Life is full of potential pitfalls. But worry is never an effective response to that situation.
Rather than worry, what you can do is learn, prepare, strengthen. Work to position yourself where you can successfully deal with whatever challenges arise.
Focus your care, your concerns, your energy into action. Choose to live free of worry and full of achievement.
There is no such thing as "best" in the world of individuals. --Hosea Bellou
We live in a society driven by the concept of competition. "We are Number One" is drummed in our ears daily via advertising and sporting events. The message is that we must be or must have something "better than" if we have any sense of pride at all. Failure is the only other option.
But human behavior can't be judged according to this kind of rating system. How could we ever determine who is the best listener, the most insightful or compassionate? At any given moment, the best for us may not be the best for someone else. If it goes right to the heart, a simple word spoken at a meeting is the best word. If someone we hardly know nods and smiles from across the room, that smile is the best smile for us, here and now. The extended hand, the brief word of encouragement, will never be proclaimed "Number One" on television, never be memorialized in record books as better than the support someone else got, but for us, it's the best.
I am surrounded by a multitude of blessings. I need look no further for what I need.
From the book Days of Healing, Days of Joy by Earnie Larsen and Carol Larsen Hegarty. ©
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
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 person planned to come into existence; they just happened to find themself 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
Humility
Indeed, the attainment of greater humility is the foundation principle of each of A.A.'s Twelve Steps.
For without some degree of humility, no alcoholic can stay sober at all. Nearly all A.A.'s have found, too, that unless they develop much more of this precious quality than may be required just for sobriety, they still haven't much chance of becoming truly happy.
- Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions, p. 70
Thought to Ponder
Humility is not thinking less of myself, but thinking of myself less.
AA-related 'Alconym'
G I F T S = Getting It From The Steps
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Free of worry
by Ralph Marston
You’ll never run out of things to worry about. However, you can walk away, whenever you choose, from the need to worry.
To stop worrying, you don’t have to stop caring. You just have to make sure your caring doesn’t immobilize you.
When you feel worry coming on, ask yourself this. What step can you take to replace useless worry with useful action?
Life is full of potential pitfalls. But worry is never an effective response to that situation.
Rather than worry, what you can do is learn, prepare, strengthen. Work to position yourself where you can successfully deal with whatever challenges arise.
Focus your care, your concerns, your energy into action. Choose to live free of worry and full of achievement.
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