Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Today's Gift
Keep It Simple
No one can build (their) security upon the nobleness of another person. --Willa Cather
Where do we look for our security? Do we look to our spouses or our lovers? Do we look to a parent or our friends? Perhaps we seek our security in our jobs. But none of these avenues brings lasting contentment, as we've each probably discovered, just as pills, alcohol, or maybe food failed to give us lasting security.
Security of the spirit is with us from our birth. It's just that we haven't tapped into the source. Perhaps we don't even know the source, but it's been with us always, awaiting our realization of it.
No step do we ever take alone. Each breath we take is in partnership with the eternal source of strength and security within us. We have the choice to accept this partnership any time. And this guarantee of security in all things at all times is the gift of freedom.
Our desire for security is God-given. The security we desire is also given by our Higher Power to us. We are secure today and every day.
Action for the Day: Each step I take is in concert with my higher power. I need experience nothing alone. I can breathe in and tap the plentiful source of strength awaiting me, now.
A Fair Hearing
Instead, we looked at the human defects of these people, and sometimes used
their shortcomings as a basis of wholesale condemnation. We talked of intolerance,
while we were intolerant ourselves. We missed the reality and the beauty of
the forest because we were diverted by the ugliness of some of its trees.
We never gave the spiritual side of life a fair hearing.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 50
Thought to Ponder
Spirituality is not based on logic, it is faith-driven.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F A I T H = For An Instant Trust your Higher Power
The purpose within
You are here for a purpose. There is not a duplicate of you in the whole wide world; there never has been, there never will be. You were brought here now to fill a certain need. Take time to think that over. —Lou Austin
No other person is exactly like you or me. No one can do exactly what we can, or touch another person in exactly the way we can. Out of all the people who could have been created, we were chosen to be a part of this time and place.
We are needed to fulfill a plan, in our families, given and chosen, as well as in our relationships. Knowing we have unique abilities, we will spend less time feeling jealous of what others can do.
Through our dreams and yearnings, the Universe shows us who we can be. It is up to us to have the courage to follow that dream with action.
What unique gift can I offer the world today?
From Today's Gift: Daily Meditations for Families ©
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
No one can build (their) security upon the nobleness of another person. --Willa Cather
Where do we look for our security? Do we look to our spouses or our lovers? Do we look to a parent or our friends? Perhaps we seek our security in our jobs. But none of these avenues brings lasting contentment, as we've each probably discovered, just as pills, alcohol, or maybe food failed to give us lasting security.
Security of the spirit is with us from our birth. It's just that we haven't tapped into the source. Perhaps we don't even know the source, but it's been with us always, awaiting our realization of it.
No step do we ever take alone. Each breath we take is in partnership with the eternal source of strength and security within us. We have the choice to accept this partnership any time. And this guarantee of security in all things at all times is the gift of freedom.
Our desire for security is God-given. The security we desire is also given by our Higher Power to us. We are secure today and every day.
Action for the Day: Each step I take is in concert with my higher power. I need experience nothing alone. I can breathe in and tap the plentiful source of strength awaiting me, now.
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
A Fair Hearing
Instead, we looked at the human defects of these people, and sometimes used
their shortcomings as a basis of wholesale condemnation. We talked of intolerance,
while we were intolerant ourselves. We missed the reality and the beauty of
the forest because we were diverted by the ugliness of some of its trees.
We never gave the spiritual side of life a fair hearing.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 50
Thought to Ponder
Spirituality is not based on logic, it is faith-driven.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F A I T H = For An Instant Trust your Higher Power
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
The purpose within
by Ralph Marston
Your life means something and that meaning is now. Make use of this day to honor and fulfill the precious living purpose you have the good fortune to carry.
Feel the joys and the sorrows, but don’t let them slow you down. Ultimately, what really matters is to make the difference you are here to make.
Yes, you can make that difference, and carry life forward in your own special way. Let go of the fears, the excuses and rationalizations, and just go ahead and do what you are meant to do.
Your purpose is what you feel when you rid your awareness of all the things that don’t matter. Allow yourself to know the joy of giving more and more of your moments to that purpose.
As each new moment arrives, give love and energy and life to the purpose that exists in you. See all that happens, whatever it is, as an opportunity to give life and substance to the purpose within.
Live this day with the intention of transforming inner value into outer achievement. Make a purposeful difference, and experience life at its most satisfying level.
Your life means something and that meaning is now. Make use of this day to honor and fulfill the precious living purpose you have the good fortune to carry.
Feel the joys and the sorrows, but don’t let them slow you down. Ultimately, what really matters is to make the difference you are here to make.
Yes, you can make that difference, and carry life forward in your own special way. Let go of the fears, the excuses and rationalizations, and just go ahead and do what you are meant to do.
Your purpose is what you feel when you rid your awareness of all the things that don’t matter. Allow yourself to know the joy of giving more and more of your moments to that purpose.
As each new moment arrives, give love and energy and life to the purpose that exists in you. See all that happens, whatever it is, as an opportunity to give life and substance to the purpose within.
Live this day with the intention of transforming inner value into outer achievement. Make a purposeful difference, and experience life at its most satisfying level.
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