Friday, June 1, 2018
Today's Gift
One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach; one can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few. --Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Being selective in choosing activities, in choosing friends, in choosing material possessions fosters unexpected appreciation. Too much of any one thing negates whatever specialness might have been realized. If we surround ourselves with acquaintances, we never fully share in knowing a few people well. If we surround ourselves with "toys," we never learn how we really want to spend our time.
When we don't take life slowly, piece by piece (one shell at a time), we avoid the greatest discovery of all, the person within. When our attention to persons, places, things is deliberate and steady, the beauty within the object of our focus shines forth, and we, too, are made more beautiful in the process.
The Actor
More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life.
They are very much the actor.
To the outer world they present their stage character.
This is the one they want their fellows to see.
They want to enjoy a certain reputation,
but knows in their heart they don't deserve it.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 73
Thought to Ponder
Character is what I am; reputation is what people think I am.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F E A R = Fighting Ego Against Reality
Work in progressby Ralph Marston
You are a work in progress. And there is no end to the progress you can make.
No matter what level you attain, you can aim even higher. However much you already know, you can learn more.
Today is part of that work in progress. You won’t get it perfect, you won’t get it all done, yet you can make good and productive use of your time.
The grand epiphanies and eureka moments are few and far between. What is always accessible to you, however, is the opportunity for incremental progress.
Small moments spent on worthwhile and meaningful pursuits do add up. And today is provisioned with hundreds of such small moments for you to wisely use.
You are a work in progress. Do the work and make the progress, one steady, purposeful step at a time.
What is needed is a noticeable unnoticeable style,... a directness of speech that seems to one judging easily imitable, to one trying it nothing less so. --J. V. Cunningham
Directness
We feel safe around direct, honest people. They speak their minds, and we know where we stand with them.
Indirect people, people who are afraid to say who they are, what they want, and what they're feeling, cannot be trusted. They will somehow act out their truth even though they do not speak it. And it may catch everyone by surprise.
Directness saves time and energy. It removes us as victims. It dispenses with martyrdom and games. It helps us own our power. It creates respectful relationships.
It feels safe to be around direct, honest people. Be one.
Today, I will own my power to be direct. I do not have to be passive, nor do I need to be aggressive. I will become comfortable with my own truth, so those around me can become comfortable with me.
From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©
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
Being selective in choosing activities, in choosing friends, in choosing material possessions fosters unexpected appreciation. Too much of any one thing negates whatever specialness might have been realized. If we surround ourselves with acquaintances, we never fully share in knowing a few people well. If we surround ourselves with "toys," we never learn how we really want to spend our time.
When we don't take life slowly, piece by piece (one shell at a time), we avoid the greatest discovery of all, the person within. When our attention to persons, places, things is deliberate and steady, the beauty within the object of our focus shines forth, and we, too, are made more beautiful in the process.
Action for the Day: Today, I will take time to smell the flowers.
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
More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life.
They are very much the actor.
To the outer world they present their stage character.
This is the one they want their fellows to see.
They want to enjoy a certain reputation,
but knows in their heart they don't deserve it.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 73
Thought to Ponder
Character is what I am; reputation is what people think I am.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F E A R = Fighting Ego Against Reality
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Work in progressby Ralph Marston
You are a work in progress. And there is no end to the progress you can make.
No matter what level you attain, you can aim even higher. However much you already know, you can learn more.
Today is part of that work in progress. You won’t get it perfect, you won’t get it all done, yet you can make good and productive use of your time.
The grand epiphanies and eureka moments are few and far between. What is always accessible to you, however, is the opportunity for incremental progress.
Small moments spent on worthwhile and meaningful pursuits do add up. And today is provisioned with hundreds of such small moments for you to wisely use.
You are a work in progress. Do the work and make the progress, one steady, purposeful step at a time.
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