Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Today's Gift
Courage means facing what we can't change. We can't change the fact that we have hurt people. We can't change the fact we have an illness. And we can't change the fact that we need help from others.
Courage also means facing those things we can change. We need courage to be honest, to have faith, and to be humble. And we need courage to let people know how important they are.
Prayer for the Day: Courage is more than being tough. Courage means being human. Higher Power, grant me the courage to stay sober and live a spiritual life.
Action for the Day: Today, I'll have an attitude of courage. I'll talk in my meeting. I'll offer help where it is needed. I'll have the courage to say no when needed.
Fearless and Thorough
At some of these we balked. We thought we could find an easier, softer way.
But we could not. With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to
be fearless and thorough from the very start. Some of us have tried to hold
on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p 58
Thought to Ponder . . .
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the action in spite of the fear.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
S T E P S = Solutions Through Each Powerful Step
Living your beliefs
The only people who never fail are those who never try. —Ilka Chase
A boy once asked his grandfather how he had become so happy and successful in his life. "Right decisions," replied his grandfather. The boy thought for a while and then asked a second question, "But how do you learn to make right decisions?" The grandfather answered quickly with a twinkle in his eye, "Wrong decisions!"
We, too, will learn from our "wrong decisions," our mistakes. Whenever we try anything, there is always the possibility of failure. We must learn to not let this keep us from trying. When we are willing to try, we have already conquered our fear. We can grow no matter what the outcome is.
What failure have I turned into success?
From Today's Gift: Daily Meditations for Families ©
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
Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.---Johann Fredrich von Schiller
Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.---Johann Fredrich von Schiller
As we grow in recovery, we'll need to change our behaviors, values, and beliefs to stay sane. This take courage. Courage is doing what is needed in spite of fear.
Courage means facing what we can't change. We can't change the fact that we have hurt people. We can't change the fact we have an illness. And we can't change the fact that we need help from others.
Courage also means facing those things we can change. We need courage to be honest, to have faith, and to be humble. And we need courage to let people know how important they are.
Prayer for the Day: Courage is more than being tough. Courage means being human. Higher Power, grant me the courage to stay sober and live a spiritual life.
Action for the Day: Today, I'll have an attitude of courage. I'll talk in my meeting. I'll offer help where it is needed. I'll have the courage to say no when needed.
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
Fearless and Thorough
At some of these we balked. We thought we could find an easier, softer way.
But we could not. With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to
be fearless and thorough from the very start. Some of us have tried to hold
on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p 58
Thought to Ponder . . .
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the action in spite of the fear.
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
S T E P S = Solutions Through Each Powerful Step
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Living your beliefs
by Ralph Marston
Don’t be content to merely believe the truth. Seek to experience it for yourself.
Your belief may be strong and unwavering. Yet there is a difference between belief and certainty.
Reach that certainty by living your beliefs, by continually putting them into practice. Solidify your understanding of the truth by experiencing its essence for yourself.
It can be interesting and stimulating to speculate about what might or might not be true, what might or might not happen, what might or might not work. What’s much more powerful, though, is to know for sure.
Take what you’ve been told, what you’ve come to believe, as a starting point. Then take it further by discovering its truth for yourself.
Honor your trust, your faith, your belief by transforming it all, through your actions, into certainty. Truth rises to a whole new level when it comes to life in you.
Don’t be content to merely believe the truth. Seek to experience it for yourself.
Your belief may be strong and unwavering. Yet there is a difference between belief and certainty.
Reach that certainty by living your beliefs, by continually putting them into practice. Solidify your understanding of the truth by experiencing its essence for yourself.
It can be interesting and stimulating to speculate about what might or might not be true, what might or might not happen, what might or might not work. What’s much more powerful, though, is to know for sure.
Take what you’ve been told, what you’ve come to believe, as a starting point. Then take it further by discovering its truth for yourself.
Honor your trust, your faith, your belief by transforming it all, through your actions, into certainty. Truth rises to a whole new level when it comes to life in you.
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