Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Today's Gift
In recovery, we work at taking better care of ourselves. We care for our mind and our body.
Often, during our drinking and drugging, we ignored our mind and body. We probably ate poorly, and we pushed our body to the limit.
But now, we are to recover. . .totally! We are to care for our mind and body as we care for our spirit. Our illness is an illness of mind, body, and spirit. So let's care for all three. In recovery, we learn to care for and love all of who we are.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me care for my mind and body as I recover. You love all of me. Help me to respect and care for all of me.
Action for the Day: I will write down how much time I've spent caring for my mind and body in the past two weeks. Is it enough?
The Little Things
Like most people, we have found that we can take our big lumps
as they come. But also like others, we often discover a greater
challenge in the lesser and more continuous problems of life.
Our answer is in still more spiritual development. Only by this
means can we improve our chances for really happy and useful living.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 114
Thought to PonderLife is a steady drizzle of small things -- carry an umbrella.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A R T = Always Remain Teachable
Challenges in front of you
I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade. It's amazing how it cheers one up to 'shred oranges and scrub the floor. —D. H. Lawrence
Focusing on pain or having difficulties can put us in a rut, and we neglect the other things in our lives. A simple task like making marmalade can be a brief vacation. We change our thought patterns when we change activities. The simple action of doing something pleasant might inject a new feeling into our outlook. Sharing a problem with a friend may be all we need to see it more clearly or let it go. Moving from busy physical activity to a few moments of quiet contemplation creates an inner balance. A problem that seems overwhelming at night may be met with new insight and new energy after a night's rest.
We don't have to continue feeling like victims of circumstance or remain stuck with a nagging problem. Just like changing the subject of a conversation, we can change the subject of our attention for a time. When we do, we regain our sense of hope and change our responses.
Today, I will give myself a break when I become caught or obsessed with a problem.
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
True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body.---Humboldt
True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body.---Humboldt
In recovery, we work at taking better care of ourselves. We care for our mind and our body.
Often, during our drinking and drugging, we ignored our mind and body. We probably ate poorly, and we pushed our body to the limit.
But now, we are to recover. . .totally! We are to care for our mind and body as we care for our spirit. Our illness is an illness of mind, body, and spirit. So let's care for all three. In recovery, we learn to care for and love all of who we are.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me care for my mind and body as I recover. You love all of me. Help me to respect and care for all of me.
Action for the Day: I will write down how much time I've spent caring for my mind and body in the past two weeks. Is it enough?
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
The Little Things
Like most people, we have found that we can take our big lumps
as they come. But also like others, we often discover a greater
challenge in the lesser and more continuous problems of life.
Our answer is in still more spiritual development. Only by this
means can we improve our chances for really happy and useful living.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 114
Thought to PonderLife is a steady drizzle of small things -- carry an umbrella.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A R T = Always Remain Teachable
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Challenges in front of you
by Ralph Marston
Don’t drag old troubles along from yesterday. Don’t borrow imagined troubles from tomorrow.
Focus on the challenges in front of you. Work on the affairs in which you can make a positive difference.
Cleanse your awareness of the things you can’t do anything about. Enable yourself to direct all your energy toward making meaningful progress.
Rise above any disappointments you may be holding on to. What matter most now are the good things you can do to move life forward.
Let go of the need to impress, of any worries about what others will think. Replace them with confidence that your actions are good, valuable and productive, right for you and your world.
Offer full attention and persistent action to the challenges in front of you, and to the opportunities they represent. Reap the rewards of focusing your power where it matters most.
Don’t drag old troubles along from yesterday. Don’t borrow imagined troubles from tomorrow.
Focus on the challenges in front of you. Work on the affairs in which you can make a positive difference.
Cleanse your awareness of the things you can’t do anything about. Enable yourself to direct all your energy toward making meaningful progress.
Rise above any disappointments you may be holding on to. What matter most now are the good things you can do to move life forward.
Let go of the need to impress, of any worries about what others will think. Replace them with confidence that your actions are good, valuable and productive, right for you and your world.
Offer full attention and persistent action to the challenges in front of you, and to the opportunities they represent. Reap the rewards of focusing your power where it matters most.
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