Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Today's Gift
Transitions and changes are often painful, sometimes frightening. Often the most troubled lives are those most unyielding to change. When we become so committed to stability that we cannot flow with the never- ending river of life, we wither and die spiritually. Every one of us has changes moving within our lives. Some changes are beneath the surface and we only vaguely sense them. Others are obvious and we are dealing with their effects. When we see change only as a problem or as pain, we have a harder time getting on with our lives.
Looking back, we can see other changes we would never have chosen or planned for ourselves. We can see now that we grew with them. Change forced us into new realms, and we found sides of ourselves we hadn't known before. Through whatever strife and difficulty of change we face today, we have a stable program to fall back on. And we have our relationship with our Higher Power which is with us through all times.
Principles
For it is only by accepting and solving our problems that we can begin
to get right with ourselves and with the world about us, and with our Higher Power
who presides over us all. Understanding is the key to right principles and
attitudes, and right action is the key to good living; therefore the joy of
good living is the theme of A.A.'s Twelfth Step.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 125
Thought to Ponder
Is the life I'm living the life that wants to live in me?
AA-related 'Alconym'
G R A C E = Gently Releasing All Conscious Expectations
Only now
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of good luck. --H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Managing desires is one of the most crucial elements of being an adult. Children want many things that aren't good for them, and their impulses can often get them into trouble. They need loving, caring adults to protect them from the harm that can come from getting what they want. As adults, our spiritual development includes learning how to regard our desires and how to manage them. On the one hand, it isn't healthy to become so controlled and repressed that we never let ourselves have fun, and on the other hand, we know that indulging every desire will kill us.
Sometimes we want something very badly and when we don't get it, we feel desperate or very disappointed. However, life continuously points us in directions we hadn't expected. Disappointment can serve to reset our lives. Not getting our desires, if we keep our eyes open, points us in directions that can be better than what we had imagined for ourselves.
Today I will be open to the new directions that life points me toward.
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
Where there is no strife there is decay: "The mixture which is not shaken decomposes." --Heraclitus
Where there is no strife there is decay: "The mixture which is not shaken decomposes." --Heraclitus
Transitions and changes are often painful, sometimes frightening. Often the most troubled lives are those most unyielding to change. When we become so committed to stability that we cannot flow with the never- ending river of life, we wither and die spiritually. Every one of us has changes moving within our lives. Some changes are beneath the surface and we only vaguely sense them. Others are obvious and we are dealing with their effects. When we see change only as a problem or as pain, we have a harder time getting on with our lives.
Looking back, we can see other changes we would never have chosen or planned for ourselves. We can see now that we grew with them. Change forced us into new realms, and we found sides of ourselves we hadn't known before. Through whatever strife and difficulty of change we face today, we have a stable program to fall back on. And we have our relationship with our Higher Power which is with us through all times.
Action for the Day: I will try to have a lighter grip upon life today so that as the river of change flows, I can flow with it.
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
Principles
For it is only by accepting and solving our problems that we can begin
to get right with ourselves and with the world about us, and with our Higher Power
who presides over us all. Understanding is the key to right principles and
attitudes, and right action is the key to good living; therefore the joy of
good living is the theme of A.A.'s Twelfth Step.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 125
Thought to Ponder
Is the life I'm living the life that wants to live in me?
AA-related 'Alconym'
G R A C E = Gently Releasing All Conscious Expectations
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Only now
by Ralph Marston
Imagine there is only now. Regrets have no meaning and worries simply do not exist.
Your awareness is filled with peaceful power. You are free to focus solely on the good actions you can now take.
Your thoughts are clear, deliberate, unhurried. You feel completely in control of your life and feelings.
In every direction you look, beauty and positive possibilities appear. You act without hesitation or doubt, confident in your ability to make a difference.
You are taught and strengthened by your mistakes rather than imprisoned by them. You are inspired by the disappointments instead of being dismayed by them.
Imagine a world where there’s no past to weigh you down and no future to fear. Imagine there is only now, and live the power that’s already yours.
Imagine there is only now. Regrets have no meaning and worries simply do not exist.
Your awareness is filled with peaceful power. You are free to focus solely on the good actions you can now take.
Your thoughts are clear, deliberate, unhurried. You feel completely in control of your life and feelings.
In every direction you look, beauty and positive possibilities appear. You act without hesitation or doubt, confident in your ability to make a difference.
You are taught and strengthened by your mistakes rather than imprisoned by them. You are inspired by the disappointments instead of being dismayed by them.
Imagine a world where there’s no past to weigh you down and no future to fear. Imagine there is only now, and live the power that’s already yours.
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