Friday, April 6, 2018
Today's Gift
Action for the Day: Secrets keep us sick. I will listen and share and be well.
Four Horsemen
Some of us sought out sordid places, hoping to find understanding companionship
and approval. Momentarily we did—then would come oblivion and the awful awakening
to face the hideous Four Horsemen—Terror, Bewilderment, Frustration, Despair.
Unhappy drinkers who read this page will understand!
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 151
Thought to Ponder
From darkness comes light.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A A = Alcoholic's Answer
Let your efforts flow
Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light. —Jennie Jerome Churchill
Taking our friends and loved ones for granted, expecting perfection from them in every instance, greatly lessens the value we have in one another's life. Being hard on those closest to us may relieve some of the tension we feel about our own imperfections, but it creates another tension, one that may result in our friends leaving us behind.
We need the reminder, perhaps, that our friends are special to our growth. Our paths have crossed with reason. We complete a portion of the plan for one another's life. And for such gifts we need to offer gratitude.
Each of us is endowed with many qualities, some more enhancing than others; it is our hope, surely, that our lesser qualities will be ignored. We must do likewise for our friends. We can focus on the good, and it will flourish--in them, in ourselves, in all situations. A positive attitude nurtures everyone. Let us look for the good and, in time, it is all that will catch our attention.
I can make this day one to remember with fondness. I will appreciate a friend. I will let them know they matter in my life. Their life will be enhanced by my attention.
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
Keep It Simple
Even though I can't solve your problems, I will be there as your sounding board whenever you need me. --Sandra K. Lamberson
The prize we each have been given is our ability to offer full and interested attention to people seeking our counsel. And seldom does a day pass that we aren't given the opportunity to listen, to nurture, to offer hope where it's been dashed.
We are not separate, one from another. Interdependence is our blessing; however, we fail to recognize it at our crucial crossroads. Alone we ponder. Around us, others, too, are often suffering in silence. These Steps that guide our lives push us to break the silence. The secrets we keep, keep us from the health we deserve.
Our emotional well-being is enhanced each time we share ourselves - our stories or our attentive ears. We need to be a part of someone else's pain and growth in order to make use of the pain that we have grown beyond. Pain has its purpose in our lives. And in the lives of our friends, too. It's our connection to one another, the bridge that closes the gap.
We dread our pain. We hate the suffering our friends must withstand. But each of us gains when we accept these challenges as our invitations for growth and closeness to others.
The prize we each have been given is our ability to offer full and interested attention to people seeking our counsel. And seldom does a day pass that we aren't given the opportunity to listen, to nurture, to offer hope where it's been dashed.
We are not separate, one from another. Interdependence is our blessing; however, we fail to recognize it at our crucial crossroads. Alone we ponder. Around us, others, too, are often suffering in silence. These Steps that guide our lives push us to break the silence. The secrets we keep, keep us from the health we deserve.
Our emotional well-being is enhanced each time we share ourselves - our stories or our attentive ears. We need to be a part of someone else's pain and growth in order to make use of the pain that we have grown beyond. Pain has its purpose in our lives. And in the lives of our friends, too. It's our connection to one another, the bridge that closes the gap.
We dread our pain. We hate the suffering our friends must withstand. But each of us gains when we accept these challenges as our invitations for growth and closeness to others.
Action for the Day: Secrets keep us sick. I will listen and share and be well.
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
Some of us sought out sordid places, hoping to find understanding companionship
and approval. Momentarily we did—then would come oblivion and the awful awakening
to face the hideous Four Horsemen—Terror, Bewilderment, Frustration, Despair.
Unhappy drinkers who read this page will understand!
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 151
Thought to Ponder
From darkness comes light.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A A = Alcoholic's Answer
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
Put your thought, time, effort, commitment toward the ideal result. Then embrace whatever result you get, and apply the value of the experience to your next effort.
Give your best to create the outcome you seek. Whether that outcome overjoys you or disappoints you, give your best again.
There are many factors you can control and influence, and many more that you cannot. So it’s foolish and counterproductive to take the results personally.
What you can control, what you can do, is to let your efforts flow, free of contamination. Lock your focus onto your intention, while at the same time being open to all the goodness that is.
Feel the power and energy of life as it flows through your being, moment after moment. Feel the magic, feel the miracle of being able to make a difference.
Every moment, whatever the situation, is fertile ground from which you can create meaning and value. Let your efforts flow, with purpose, with confidence and the highest expectations.
Put your thought, time, effort, commitment toward the ideal result. Then embrace whatever result you get, and apply the value of the experience to your next effort.
Give your best to create the outcome you seek. Whether that outcome overjoys you or disappoints you, give your best again.
There are many factors you can control and influence, and many more that you cannot. So it’s foolish and counterproductive to take the results personally.
What you can control, what you can do, is to let your efforts flow, free of contamination. Lock your focus onto your intention, while at the same time being open to all the goodness that is.
Feel the power and energy of life as it flows through your being, moment after moment. Feel the magic, feel the miracle of being able to make a difference.
Every moment, whatever the situation, is fertile ground from which you can create meaning and value. Let your efforts flow, with purpose, with confidence and the highest expectations.
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