Thursday, July 26, 2018
Today's Gift
If we have believed these things, then were actually letting others control our attitudes and behavior. We are letting personalities interfere with the high principles we are learning in AA. We are not living at the best possible level.
In reality, we should always display an attitude that reflects kindness, optimism, friendliness, and concern. There other persons disposition, whether its sour or sweet, should have nothing to do with our being what we want to be. We should never withhold the fine inner qualities that develop and grow as we continue to live the program.
In time, we begin to learn that this attitude always comes back to us in the form of greater peace and happiness. And what's great about it is that its always under our direct control.
Making Amends
Rarely do we fail to make satisfactory progress. Our former enemies
sometimes praise what we are doing and wish us well. Occasionally,
they will offer assistance. It should not matter, however, if someone
does throw us out of his office. We have made our demonstration,
done our part. It’s water over the dam.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 78
Thought to Ponder
It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.
AA-related 'Alconym'
G I F T S = Getting It From The Steps
Peak of your ability
Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box. --Italian proverb
Much of our time has been spent saying, "I'm not good enough for that job," "They're too good for me," or "I don't deserve that compliment." Sometimes we have been very status conscious because underneath we felt unworthy. Many of us have taken either superior or inferior roles with everyone we've dealt with. We ended up with no one who could be our peer or our friend.
True humility occurs when we stop shaming or inflating ourselves and begin accepting ourselves as no worse and no better than anyone else. Then all people are our peers. At our meetings, our powerlessness puts us all in the same box. In the sight of the Gods we are all equal - and status games, which have seemed so important are ultimately silly.
Today, I will remember we are all brothers and sisters in the sight of all Gods.
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
Walk In Dry Places
Never withholding ourselves...
Never withholding ourselves...
Living Sober
We may have let ourselves believe that were supposed to display an attitude that expresses our opinions of others. If a person is crude and boorish, we should be cool and defensive for our self-protection. If a person is warm and friendly, we should respond in warm and friendly ways.
We may have let ourselves believe that were supposed to display an attitude that expresses our opinions of others. If a person is crude and boorish, we should be cool and defensive for our self-protection. If a person is warm and friendly, we should respond in warm and friendly ways.
If we have believed these things, then were actually letting others control our attitudes and behavior. We are letting personalities interfere with the high principles we are learning in AA. We are not living at the best possible level.
In reality, we should always display an attitude that reflects kindness, optimism, friendliness, and concern. There other persons disposition, whether its sour or sweet, should have nothing to do with our being what we want to be. We should never withhold the fine inner qualities that develop and grow as we continue to live the program.
In time, we begin to learn that this attitude always comes back to us in the form of greater peace and happiness. And what's great about it is that its always under our direct control.
Today’s Action: As I go about my business today, I will express a kindliness and concern toward everybody. Nobody's behavior can make me adopt a suspicious or defensive attitude.
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
Making Amends
Rarely do we fail to make satisfactory progress. Our former enemies
sometimes praise what we are doing and wish us well. Occasionally,
they will offer assistance. It should not matter, however, if someone
does throw us out of his office. We have made our demonstration,
done our part. It’s water over the dam.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 78
Thought to Ponder
It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.
AA-related 'Alconym'
G I F T S = Getting It From The Steps
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Peak of your ability
by Ralph Marston
The experience of life has made you strong. Today, put that strength to good use, and grow even stronger.
You possess more knowledge and wisdom, greater capability than you had a year ago, or even a week ago. Feel the new strength you’ve gained, and focus it toward a positive, meaningful objective.
Life has asked much of you, and you’ve answered. You’ve persisted through each challenge, solved countless problems, created new value.
It might be easy and comfortable to sit back and rest on your past achievements. Yet you know, deep down, that’s not what achievements are for.
Because with each effort, you’ve invested more of yourself in life. And now you care, more than ever before, about making life the best it can be.
Here you stand today, at the peak of your ability, at the apex of your eagerness to make a difference. Now, do what you know you must.
The experience of life has made you strong. Today, put that strength to good use, and grow even stronger.
You possess more knowledge and wisdom, greater capability than you had a year ago, or even a week ago. Feel the new strength you’ve gained, and focus it toward a positive, meaningful objective.
Life has asked much of you, and you’ve answered. You’ve persisted through each challenge, solved countless problems, created new value.
It might be easy and comfortable to sit back and rest on your past achievements. Yet you know, deep down, that’s not what achievements are for.
Because with each effort, you’ve invested more of yourself in life. And now you care, more than ever before, about making life the best it can be.
Here you stand today, at the peak of your ability, at the apex of your eagerness to make a difference. Now, do what you know you must.
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