Friday, September 14, 2018
Today's Gift
Action for the Day: I'll live today in the present, handling every problem as well as I can and enjoying every experience that comes to me.
Lost Faith
Sometimes A.A, comes harder to those who have lost or rejected faith
than to those who never had any faith at all, for they think they have
tried faith and found it wanting. They have tried the way of faith and
the way of no faith. Since both ways have proved bitterly disappointing,
they have concluded there is no place whatever for them to go.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 28
Thought to Ponder
Hope leads to faith if you let it.
AA-related 'Alconym'
HOPE = Hang On! Peace Exists
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
The time you can use
When a person drowns their self in negative thinking they are committing an unspeakable crime against their self. —Maxwell Maltz
Negative thoughts can rule our lives as compulsively as an addiction. The feelings of power we get from holding a dismal and gloomy outlook deprive us of the positive and pleasant parts of life. Some of us have said, "If I expect the worst, I won't be disappointed. If I think the worst about myself, no one else can cut me down." It is like taking a driving trip and looking only for trash and garbage in the ditches, ignoring the beauty beyond. Indeed, what we see may be real, but it is a very limited piece of the picture.
When we have relied on negative thinking, it feels risky to give it up. We cannot do it in one day. We can begin by imagining ourselves with a more open attitude toward the world and ourselves. Then we can try it out as an experiment in little ways, with no commitment. Finally we reach the point where we can take a risk and entrust our Higher Power with the outcome.
Today, I will experiment with hopeful and positive thoughts about what happens.
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
Living or Waiting?
What is the real secret of living 24 hours at a time? Isn't it really a matter of feeling completely comfortable in the present rather than believing that happiness depends on something in the future?
Whatever our situation today, it's something we must live through and deal with effectively. We may be overlooking many wonderful things in our present life simply because we believe we need some exciting experience that can only come later on.
We also might be overlooking present opportunities because we're spending too much time in the past. The past, whether it was good or bad, is beyond our control.
Our mission is to live effectively and happily today. We can do this best when we realize that yesterday and tomorrow don't really exist - today is all we can be sure of.
Living or Waiting?
What is the real secret of living 24 hours at a time? Isn't it really a matter of feeling completely comfortable in the present rather than believing that happiness depends on something in the future?
Whatever our situation today, it's something we must live through and deal with effectively. We may be overlooking many wonderful things in our present life simply because we believe we need some exciting experience that can only come later on.
We also might be overlooking present opportunities because we're spending too much time in the past. The past, whether it was good or bad, is beyond our control.
Our mission is to live effectively and happily today. We can do this best when we realize that yesterday and tomorrow don't really exist - today is all we can be sure of.
Action for the Day: I'll live today in the present, handling every problem as well as I can and enjoying every experience that comes to me.
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
Lost Faith
Sometimes A.A, comes harder to those who have lost or rejected faith
than to those who never had any faith at all, for they think they have
tried faith and found it wanting. They have tried the way of faith and
the way of no faith. Since both ways have proved bitterly disappointing,
they have concluded there is no place whatever for them to go.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 28
Thought to Ponder
Hope leads to faith if you let it.
AA-related 'Alconym'
HOPE = Hang On! Peace Exists
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
The time you can use
by Ralph Marston
Your time is now. But if you hurry through this moment, you’ll never know its beauty.
Today is full of promise, laced with possibility. Slow down a little, see it, and live with richness the time that’s already yours.
Why rush to get there if all you do when you arrive is rush some more? Put your attention and energy into living, not into hurrying.
The future is already and always beyond your reach. Everything you have is now, so take care not to rush ahead of it.
The time is not fifteen minutes until this or four days from that. The time you can use is always now.
Live it, love it, give to it, enjoy it. Take the time that you have now, thoroughly filling it with richness and meaning.
Your time is now. But if you hurry through this moment, you’ll never know its beauty.
Today is full of promise, laced with possibility. Slow down a little, see it, and live with richness the time that’s already yours.
Why rush to get there if all you do when you arrive is rush some more? Put your attention and energy into living, not into hurrying.
The future is already and always beyond your reach. Everything you have is now, so take care not to rush ahead of it.
The time is not fifteen minutes until this or four days from that. The time you can use is always now.
Live it, love it, give to it, enjoy it. Take the time that you have now, thoroughly filling it with richness and meaning.
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