Thursday, June 28, 2018
Today's Gift
We are just as powerless over our successes as we are over the worst of our behaviors. We can only be faithful to our duties and ourselves. The successes, which flow from our work come and go. Since we can't nail them down, they may make us feel insecure. Many a man has destroyed his moment of success because he couldn't stand the powerless feeling. We must return to our program and allow success to rise and fall, as it will.
Today’s Action: Today, I turn to my Higher Power for help in accepting success.
Rationalizing
We alcoholics/addicts are the biggest rationalizers in the world. Fortified
with the excuse that we are doing great things for A.A., we can,
through broken anonymity, resume our old and disastrous pursuit of
personal power and prestige, public honors, and money -- the same
implacable urges that, when frustrated, once caused us to drink or drug.
- As Bill Sees It, p. 160
Thought to Ponder
The difference between pride and humility:
Pride is who is right. Humility is what is right.
AA-related 'Alconym'
E G O = Edging God Out
Where peace can be
A good indignation brings out all one's powers. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
Anger is a human emotion that gets us in touch with our energy and our vitality. But like any good thing, it can also be used in hurtful ways. When we examine the role anger has played in our lives, some of us can see where we used it to intimidate and dominate others. Maybe we can recall being terrified by someone else's anger or even by our own. Some of us denied our anger and covered it with excessive helpfulness.
Examining the place anger has had in our lives Is one of the doorways we must pass through to regain our full spirit. We learn to set aside the anger we used to cover fear or hurt. We express it respectfully and honestly when we feel it in a relationship. Expressing anger does not have to be abusive or rejecting. It can mean we care enough to be fully involved and we will not leave after we express it. We can learn to hear others in their anger rather than K attempt to control or evade their message. In the process we are invigorated and feel healthier because we are claiming a larger part of ourselves.
Today, I will first be honest with myself about angry feelings. Then I will find respectful ways to express them.
From Touchstones: A Book of Daily Meditations for Men ©
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
We fear our highest possibility (as well as our lowest one). We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments. --Abraham Maslow
We fear our highest possibility (as well as our lowest one). We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments. --Abraham Maslow
In our daily lives, we may dream of success and achievement. We strive and compete in the workplace. We go to meetings and do our part on each Step in the program searching for better lives. When success comes, we are faced with a new problem we could not have expected. It comes as an outcome of some hard work, some good luck, and some help from our friends. It is frightening to have a good thing in our lives and not be in control of it.
We are just as powerless over our successes as we are over the worst of our behaviors. We can only be faithful to our duties and ourselves. The successes, which flow from our work come and go. Since we can't nail them down, they may make us feel insecure. Many a man has destroyed his moment of success because he couldn't stand the powerless feeling. We must return to our program and allow success to rise and fall, as it will.
Today’s Action: Today, I turn to my Higher Power for help in accepting success.
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
We alcoholics/addicts are the biggest rationalizers in the world. Fortified
with the excuse that we are doing great things for A.A., we can,
through broken anonymity, resume our old and disastrous pursuit of
personal power and prestige, public honors, and money -- the same
implacable urges that, when frustrated, once caused us to drink or drug.
- As Bill Sees It, p. 160
Thought to Ponder
The difference between pride and humility:
Pride is who is right. Humility is what is right.
AA-related 'Alconym'
E G O = Edging God Out
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
Let your life be a place where peace can be. Let this day be a time into which peace can settle.
Release thoughts of conflict, judgment, and separateness that push peace away. Replace thoughts of revenge and retribution with thoughts of understanding and forgiveness.
In peace is great positive power. With peace comes increased focus and effectiveness.
In peace you hear the calling of your deepest purpose. You feel connection to all that is.
Hasten your progress by choosing to rise above needless turmoil. From a perspective of peace, give the best you can give, create new goodness and value.
Move beyond the assumption that you must fight to prevail. Let the power of peace take you higher than any conflict ever could.
Let your life be a place where peace can be. Let this day be a time into which peace can settle.
Release thoughts of conflict, judgment, and separateness that push peace away. Replace thoughts of revenge and retribution with thoughts of understanding and forgiveness.
In peace is great positive power. With peace comes increased focus and effectiveness.
In peace you hear the calling of your deepest purpose. You feel connection to all that is.
Hasten your progress by choosing to rise above needless turmoil. From a perspective of peace, give the best you can give, create new goodness and value.
Move beyond the assumption that you must fight to prevail. Let the power of peace take you higher than any conflict ever could.
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