Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Today's Gift
Action for the Day: I will be aware of those people I am making important in my life and will grow in dealing with my anger.
Honesty
We went back through our lives.
Nothing counted but thoroughness and honesty.
When we were finished we considered it carefully.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 65
Thought to Ponder
Willingness, honesty and open-mindedness are the essentials of recovery.
AA-related 'Alconym'
C H A N G E = Choosing Honesty Allows New Growth Everyday
Future wish
The more a diamond is cut, the more it sparkles. —Anonymous
There is something of value to be found even in the worst of things. Consider the oyster. When a grain of sand penetrates an oyster's shell, it irritates the oyster, making it uncomfortable. The oyster relieves the pain by coating the sand with a soothing liquid. When this liquid hardens, a pearl is formed. The very process that healed the oyster creates a precious jewel for others to cherish and admire.
The way in which we deal with our own frustrations - painful though they may be - can make a difference. Pearls can be formed from our experiences, making us wiser and stronger, or grains of sand - anger, bitterness, resentment--can remain embedded inside us. The choice is ours.
How can I turn my irritations into pearls today?
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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Keep It Simple
That's what happens when you're angry at people. You make them part of your life. --Garrison Keillor
Our problems with anger and our problems in relationships go hand in hand. Some of us have held back our anger, which led to resentment of our loved ones. Some of us have indulged our anger and become abusive. Some of us have been so frightened of anger that we closed off the dialogue in our relationships when angry feelings came out.
Some of us have wasted our energy by focusing anger on people who weren't really important to us. Do we truly want them to become so important? Yet, perhaps the important relationships got frozen because we weren't open and respectful with our anger. It isn't possible to be close to someone without being angry at times. We let our loved ones be part of our lives by feeling our anger when it is there and expressing it openly, directly, and respectfully to them - or by hearing them when they are angry. Then, with dialogue, we can let it go.
That's what happens when you're angry at people. You make them part of your life. --Garrison Keillor
Our problems with anger and our problems in relationships go hand in hand. Some of us have held back our anger, which led to resentment of our loved ones. Some of us have indulged our anger and become abusive. Some of us have been so frightened of anger that we closed off the dialogue in our relationships when angry feelings came out.
Some of us have wasted our energy by focusing anger on people who weren't really important to us. Do we truly want them to become so important? Yet, perhaps the important relationships got frozen because we weren't open and respectful with our anger. It isn't possible to be close to someone without being angry at times. We let our loved ones be part of our lives by feeling our anger when it is there and expressing it openly, directly, and respectfully to them - or by hearing them when they are angry. Then, with dialogue, we can let it go.
Action for the Day: I will be aware of those people I am making important in my life and will grow in dealing with my anger.
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
Honesty
We went back through our lives.
Nothing counted but thoroughness and honesty.
When we were finished we considered it carefully.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 65
Thought to Ponder
Willingness, honesty and open-mindedness are the essentials of recovery.
AA-related 'Alconym'
C H A N G E = Choosing Honesty Allows New Growth Everyday
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Future wish
by Ralph Marston
Someday you’ll wish you had done more. Today is your chance to fulfill that future wish.
Someday you’ll be sorry for the opportunities you missed to offer kindness and encouragement. Today is your time to avoid that sorrow.
Very soon you’ll be looking back on this day. Right now is when you can make sure you do so with gratitude and satisfaction.
Is there any particular way you wish you had lived differently in the past? Today you can make that exact same positive difference in your future’s past.
Today, you can make your past more valuable by learning from it and applying those lessons to your actions. Today, you can also work to add value to your future.
What good things will this moment, this day, add to all the moments of your life? That’s up to you, and the choices you make, the way you live, right now.
Someday you’ll wish you had done more. Today is your chance to fulfill that future wish.
Someday you’ll be sorry for the opportunities you missed to offer kindness and encouragement. Today is your time to avoid that sorrow.
Very soon you’ll be looking back on this day. Right now is when you can make sure you do so with gratitude and satisfaction.
Is there any particular way you wish you had lived differently in the past? Today you can make that exact same positive difference in your future’s past.
Today, you can make your past more valuable by learning from it and applying those lessons to your actions. Today, you can also work to add value to your future.
What good things will this moment, this day, add to all the moments of your life? That’s up to you, and the choices you make, the way you live, right now.
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