Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Today's Gift
Lifting our self-esteem is not a particularly easy task for most of us. It's probable that again and again our confidence wavered before we sought help from the program. It's also probable that our confidence still wanes on occasion. The old fears don't disappear without effort.
But each day we can do some one thing that will help us to feel better about ourselves. All it takes is one small act or decision, each day. The program can give us the strength we need each day to move forward one step.
Peace
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development,
we will be amazed before we are half way through.
We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 83 - 84
Thought to Ponder
We cannot find peace by avoiding life.
AA-related 'Alconym'
S T E P = Something That Enhances Peace
Purposeful life
Words and magic were, in the beginning, one and the same thing, and even today words retain much of their magical power. —Sigmund Freud
We shape our experiences with the words we use to describe them. Word images create expectations and we naturally move toward them. When a person says, "I can't!" they are commanding their unconscious self to be helpless. When they have a picture in their mind of moving toward their goal, they may say, "It's hard, but I'm going to give it my best effort." If, every time they make a mistake, they mutter berating statements to themself like, "You idiot! You can't do anything right," they are teaching their self to be inadequate.
It's our responsibility to use respectful, honest, health-giving words. We can no longer use defeating, shaming, or derogatory words. Our language has a hypnotic effect on us and the people around us. So let's look at our resources today and name them. Let's meet our difficulties with our strength, our patience, and the backing of our Higher Power.
Today, I will call forth images and use words to show I respect myself and others.
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
From early infancy onward we all incorporate into our lives the message we receive concerning our self-worth, or lack of self-worth, and this sense of value is to be found beneath our actions and feelings as a tangled network of self-perception. --Christina Baldwin
From early infancy onward we all incorporate into our lives the message we receive concerning our self-worth, or lack of self-worth, and this sense of value is to be found beneath our actions and feelings as a tangled network of self-perception. --Christina Baldwin
Lifting our self-esteem is not a particularly easy task for most of us. It's probable that again and again our confidence wavered before we sought help from the program. It's also probable that our confidence still wanes on occasion. The old fears don't disappear without effort.
But each day we can do some one thing that will help us to feel better about ourselves. All it takes is one small act or decision, each day. The program can give us the strength we need each day to move forward one step.
Action for the Day: Today, I will do one thing I've been putting off. A whole collection of "one days" will lay the groundwork for the person I'm building within.
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
Peace
If we are painstaking about this phase of our development,
we will be amazed before we are half way through.
We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 83 - 84
Thought to Ponder
We cannot find peace by avoiding life.
AA-related 'Alconym'
S T E P = Something That Enhances Peace
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Purposeful life
by Ralph Marston
Don’t let the next hour, the next day or month, steal your life away. Stand up and follow a purpose that means the world to you.
Make the passage of time work in your favor. Fill it with purposeful thought and activity.
Insist on being clear and unequivocal about your intentions. Point your life in a specific direction that resonates within you to the core.
Provide yourself with an unambiguous way to know when you’re making progress and when you aren’t. Enable yourself to make worthwhile use of your best skills, resources, and possibilities.
Your life is a lot of work. You owe yourself a level of meaningful fulfillment in exchange for all your effort and commitment.
Illuminate the opportunities, energize your efforts, and transform each moment into lasting treasure. Live the purposeful life you deserve.
Don’t let the next hour, the next day or month, steal your life away. Stand up and follow a purpose that means the world to you.
Make the passage of time work in your favor. Fill it with purposeful thought and activity.
Insist on being clear and unequivocal about your intentions. Point your life in a specific direction that resonates within you to the core.
Provide yourself with an unambiguous way to know when you’re making progress and when you aren’t. Enable yourself to make worthwhile use of your best skills, resources, and possibilities.
Your life is a lot of work. You owe yourself a level of meaningful fulfillment in exchange for all your effort and commitment.
Illuminate the opportunities, energize your efforts, and transform each moment into lasting treasure. Live the purposeful life you deserve.
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