Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Today's Gift
Probably, there have been many times when we thought we weren’t beautiful. We thought we were ugly. We thought we were bad people. This is a natural part of addiction. Our program tells us we’re good, we’re beautiful. Do we believe this? Do we accept this part of the program?
Beauty is an attitude, just as self-hate is an attitude. We need to keep the attitude that we’re beautiful. We owe it to ourselves and to those around us. And, yes, it’s true that you must love yourself before you can love others. Remember, ours is a selfish program. We have to love and see ourselves as beautiful, before we can give it to others.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me claim my beauty. Help me to see that, sometimes, I have to be selfish to grow.
Investigation
While the purpose of making restitution to others is paramount,
it is equally necessary that we extricate from an examination of
our personal relations every bit of information about ourselves and
our fundamental difficulties that we can. Since defective relations
with other human beings have nearly always been the immediate
cause of our woes, including our alcoholism and addiction, no field of investigation
could yield more satisfying and valuable rewards than this one.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 80
Thought to Ponder
In order to recover, we have to uncover.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F E A R = Face Everything And Recover
Power of your thoughts
The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. --Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Many of us grew up in situations that required us to be constantly on our guard. We became so keenly attuned to the people around us and how to please them or avoid their anger that we lost contact with our inner messages. Rather than developing skills for drawing upon our inner resources, we developed skills for looking outward and reacting to whatever confronted us. This method of survival may have been necessary in the past while we were under stress, but it doesn't allow us any rest or the possibility of simply following what we know and feel is right.
We are learning to know what we think and feel and to express it, even if it isn't always what others want to hear. We can be spontaneous now because we have room for mistakes in our lives. Our relationships are more reliable, and we have more energy from sincerity than from always striving to make a good appearance.
Today, it is more important for me to be sincere than to be on my guard.
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
Beauty is not caused. It is.--- Emily Dickinson
Beauty is not caused. It is.--- Emily Dickinson
Probably, there have been many times when we thought we weren’t beautiful. We thought we were ugly. We thought we were bad people. This is a natural part of addiction. Our program tells us we’re good, we’re beautiful. Do we believe this? Do we accept this part of the program?
Beauty is an attitude, just as self-hate is an attitude. We need to keep the attitude that we’re beautiful. We owe it to ourselves and to those around us. And, yes, it’s true that you must love yourself before you can love others. Remember, ours is a selfish program. We have to love and see ourselves as beautiful, before we can give it to others.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me claim my beauty. Help me to see that, sometimes, I have to be selfish to grow.
Action for the Day: Today, I’ll work at falling in love with myself.
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
Investigation
While the purpose of making restitution to others is paramount,
it is equally necessary that we extricate from an examination of
our personal relations every bit of information about ourselves and
our fundamental difficulties that we can. Since defective relations
with other human beings have nearly always been the immediate
cause of our woes, including our alcoholism and addiction, no field of investigation
could yield more satisfying and valuable rewards than this one.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 80
Thought to Ponder
In order to recover, we have to uncover.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F E A R = Face Everything And Recover
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Power of your thoughts
by Ralph Marston
If you are in good physical condition, you can make your way up a long, steep hill. But only if you think you can.
Your thoughts give you access to what is possible. Your thoughts put you in the frame of mind to achieve what you choose.
You are the vehicle through which good things can come. Your thoughts are what power that vehicle and determine its direction.
Negative, low-energy thoughts result in low-energy action. Positive, uplifting thoughts can make you unstoppable.
It’s really very easy to choose your thoughts. And by choosing your thoughts you are choosing the way your life proceeds.
What are you thinking, what will you think today? The choice is yours, and it matters very much.
If you are in good physical condition, you can make your way up a long, steep hill. But only if you think you can.
Your thoughts give you access to what is possible. Your thoughts put you in the frame of mind to achieve what you choose.
You are the vehicle through which good things can come. Your thoughts are what power that vehicle and determine its direction.
Negative, low-energy thoughts result in low-energy action. Positive, uplifting thoughts can make you unstoppable.
It’s really very easy to choose your thoughts. And by choosing your thoughts you are choosing the way your life proceeds.
What are you thinking, what will you think today? The choice is yours, and it matters very much.
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