Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Today's Gift
Readiness
Are we now ready to let our Higher Power remove from us all the things which we
have admitted are objectionable? Can They now take them all—every one?
If we still cling to something we will not let go, we ask our Higher Power to help us be willing.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 76
Thought to Ponder
The Three "P's" -- Pause, Pray, Proceed.
AA-related 'Alconym'
K I S S = Keep It Simple, Surrender
Beyond the mistakes
Baseball teaches us, or has taught most of us, how to deal with failure. We learn at a very young age that failure is the norm in baseball and ... errors [are] part of the game, part of its rigorous truth. --Francis T. Vincent, Jr.
Of course we will make mistakes. We are born with the right to make mistakes. There is no shame in that. Perfection is a false ideal for a real human being. We learn by trial and error. If we try to be perfect, we will meet dead ends and roadblocks because we will inevitably fall short.
Instead, there is wisdom in the motto "Keep coming back." In this instance, the motto refers to returning to our standards. Rather than to strive constantly for higher and higher perfection, our goal is to always return to the rules we live by. Of course we will veer off the path. When we do, we make repairs, pay our dues, and hold our place as full-fledged members of the human race.
Today my goal is to keep returning to my ethics for a good life.
From the book Wisdom to Know ©
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 best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm. --Swedish proverb
During our illness, we hurt others. We hurt ourselves. We messed up a lot. So, a lot of us come into recovery not trusting ourselves very much. The truth is, as addicts, we couldn't be trusted.
But in recovery, we can be trusted again. We can again live and love ourselves. We do this by finding our spiritual center. This is the place inside of us where our Higher Power lives. We turn our will and our lives over to this spiritual center. We do as our spiritual center tells us. And from our spiritual center, we'll find our values. We'll live better lives. We'll come to trust ourselves again.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, thank you for helping me believe in myself again. I'll treat myself with love and kindness. I know You want me to.
Action for the Day: Today, I'll list four ways I couldn't be trusted during my addiction. I'll also list four ways I can now be trusted.
The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm. --Swedish proverb
During our illness, we hurt others. We hurt ourselves. We messed up a lot. So, a lot of us come into recovery not trusting ourselves very much. The truth is, as addicts, we couldn't be trusted.
But in recovery, we can be trusted again. We can again live and love ourselves. We do this by finding our spiritual center. This is the place inside of us where our Higher Power lives. We turn our will and our lives over to this spiritual center. We do as our spiritual center tells us. And from our spiritual center, we'll find our values. We'll live better lives. We'll come to trust ourselves again.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, thank you for helping me believe in myself again. I'll treat myself with love and kindness. I know You want me to.
Action for the Day: Today, I'll list four ways I couldn't be trusted during my addiction. I'll also list four ways I can now be trusted.
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
Readiness
Are we now ready to let our Higher Power remove from us all the things which we
have admitted are objectionable? Can They now take them all—every one?
If we still cling to something we will not let go, we ask our Higher Power to help us be willing.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 76
Thought to Ponder
The Three "P's" -- Pause, Pray, Proceed.
AA-related 'Alconym'
K I S S = Keep It Simple, Surrender
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Beyond the mistakes
by Ralph Marston
Every mistake you’ve ever made is now behind you. You’ve learned something from each of them. Though some may have been painful, though some may have brought considerable hardship, you have now moved on past them.
Those mistakes did not stop you. They may have caused some delays or forced you to take some unexpected detours. You’re probably still paying the price for some of them. Even so, you’re still here. You’ve made progress. And the mistakes have even contributed to that progress.
As you move on ahead, there will be more mistakes. And you’ll survive them, too. In fact, you’ll do more than survive. You’ll learn and grow as a result of those mistakes. Even though you won’t make them willingly, when they do happen you’ll find a way to learn from them and then move on ahead with more wisdom, experience and determination than ever.
When you make mistakes, it means you’re making the attempt. When you’re successfully moving past those mistakes, learning what they have to teach, then you’re headed directly for achievement.
The only way your mistakes will stop you is if you begin to fear them. When you’re willing to make some mistakes, and then to move on anyway, then you’re moving yourself toward certain success.
Every mistake you’ve ever made is now behind you. You’ve learned something from each of them. Though some may have been painful, though some may have brought considerable hardship, you have now moved on past them.
Those mistakes did not stop you. They may have caused some delays or forced you to take some unexpected detours. You’re probably still paying the price for some of them. Even so, you’re still here. You’ve made progress. And the mistakes have even contributed to that progress.
As you move on ahead, there will be more mistakes. And you’ll survive them, too. In fact, you’ll do more than survive. You’ll learn and grow as a result of those mistakes. Even though you won’t make them willingly, when they do happen you’ll find a way to learn from them and then move on ahead with more wisdom, experience and determination than ever.
When you make mistakes, it means you’re making the attempt. When you’re successfully moving past those mistakes, learning what they have to teach, then you’re headed directly for achievement.
The only way your mistakes will stop you is if you begin to fear them. When you’re willing to make some mistakes, and then to move on anyway, then you’re moving yourself toward certain success.
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