Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Today's Gift
For many for us, life was a burden while using alcohol and other drugs. As our illness went on, life was more ugly. We grew further from our friends, family, and Higher Power. In recovery, our eyes and hearts open a little more each day. We see the beauty that life holds. We now see the beauty that life holds. We now see that before recovery, we weren’t living---we were dying. In recovery, we again feel happy when we hold a baby. We again may feel joy when we see a sunset. This happens mainly because we've chosen to be with people who love life, people who've been given a second chance. Once we've almost lost something important, it becomes more precious. We almost lost our lives. Now our lives are special.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, thank-you for a second chance. Thank-you for opening my eyes and heart. Give me the strength to keep them open.
Action for the Day: I'll list the most beautiful parts of my life. I'll open my heart today to the joy in store for me.
Step Ten
The quick inventory is aimed at our daily ups and downs, especially those where
people or new events throw us off balance and tempt us to make mistakes.
In all these situations we need self-restraint, honest analysis of what is involved,
a willingness to admit when the fault is ours, and an equal willingness to forgive
when the fault is elsewhere.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 91
Thought to Ponder
I can’t fix something if I don’t know what’s wrong.
AA-related 'Alconym'
S O L U T I O N S = Saving Our Lives Using The Inventory Of Needed Steps
Do the work
Planning is deciding what to change today so tomorrow will be different from yesterday. —Ichak Adizes
A house is like a lump of clay that can be molded and changed. It can be fixed and shaped, torn down and added to, painted, papered, carpeted, and panelled. We can think about how to change it, find pictures in books, and order plans. We can stock up on supplies, take fix-it classes, and get advice from others. But the house will remain unchanged until we pick up a brush, grab a bucket of paint, and get to work. Only then will we see tomorrow the results of what we did today.
Our plans help us construct a vision of how we'd like the future to be, but only actions will bring these things about. With confidence in the rightness of our desires, we can be assured that the Universe never gives us a dream we can't reach.
What action can I take today to make tomorrow's changes?
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
The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes.---Frank Lloyd Wright
The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes.---Frank Lloyd Wright
For many for us, life was a burden while using alcohol and other drugs. As our illness went on, life was more ugly. We grew further from our friends, family, and Higher Power. In recovery, our eyes and hearts open a little more each day. We see the beauty that life holds. We now see the beauty that life holds. We now see that before recovery, we weren’t living---we were dying. In recovery, we again feel happy when we hold a baby. We again may feel joy when we see a sunset. This happens mainly because we've chosen to be with people who love life, people who've been given a second chance. Once we've almost lost something important, it becomes more precious. We almost lost our lives. Now our lives are special.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, thank-you for a second chance. Thank-you for opening my eyes and heart. Give me the strength to keep them open.
Action for the Day: I'll list the most beautiful parts of my life. I'll open my heart today to the joy in store for me.
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
Step Ten
The quick inventory is aimed at our daily ups and downs, especially those where
people or new events throw us off balance and tempt us to make mistakes.
In all these situations we need self-restraint, honest analysis of what is involved,
a willingness to admit when the fault is ours, and an equal willingness to forgive
when the fault is elsewhere.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 91
Thought to Ponder
I can’t fix something if I don’t know what’s wrong.
AA-related 'Alconym'
S O L U T I O N S = Saving Our Lives Using The Inventory Of Needed Steps
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Do the work
by Ralph Marston
Whether the work is difficult or easy, is not the issue. It is yours for the doing, yours for the achieving.
Let go of the thought that you must struggle to get it done. Go ahead, do what the work asks of you, follow where it leads, add the value of your thought and effort.
Release your need to resist the effort. Allow your thoughts to flow, focused on making a difference, on being useful.
Do not seek refuge in doubts or excuses. Choose instead to push deeper into the best possibilities, doing all you can to create new value.
You have good work to do, and the opportunity in this moment to make progress. Right now, you can transform fleeting time into lasting value.
Do the work, do it well, free of hesitation, resentment, or struggle. Give your best, and you’ll be living at your best.
Whether the work is difficult or easy, is not the issue. It is yours for the doing, yours for the achieving.
Let go of the thought that you must struggle to get it done. Go ahead, do what the work asks of you, follow where it leads, add the value of your thought and effort.
Release your need to resist the effort. Allow your thoughts to flow, focused on making a difference, on being useful.
Do not seek refuge in doubts or excuses. Choose instead to push deeper into the best possibilities, doing all you can to create new value.
You have good work to do, and the opportunity in this moment to make progress. Right now, you can transform fleeting time into lasting value.
Do the work, do it well, free of hesitation, resentment, or struggle. Give your best, and you’ll be living at your best.
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