Friday, September 21, 2018
Today's Gift
Before recovery, anger, self-pity, and sadness often filled our hearts.
The world went on. We came to hate the ride.
In recovery, love fills our hearts. We begin to love life. Love is really
caring about what happens to other people. Love is what makes the
ride worth it
We find much love in our program. People really mater to us. We really
matter to others. For many of us, we learn how to love in our meetings.
The program teaches love because the program is love.
Prayer for the Day: I pray that I’ll welcome love into my heart and
others into my life. Love brings me closer to my Higher Power.
Action for the Day: I’ll list all the people I love and why they matter
to me.
Serenity
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.
Thy will, not mine, be done."
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 41
Thought to Ponder
Serenity isn't freedom from the storm; it is peace within the storm.
AA-related 'Alconym'
K I S S = Keep It Serenely Simple
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Leave the stress behind
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. --Satchel Paige
When children are tired they make their feelings very clear. They just sit down and start to cry. As adults, we may sometimes feel like a child, ready to sit down and give up. But we're not tired children anymore. We're grown-ups, living with responsibilities and duties.
Instead of giving up, we need to find another way of handling responsibilities and life's pressures. To begin with, we can ask for help. There are others who can help with meals, self care, household duties or just be there to talk with. We can also rearrange our schedules so we're not doing too much at one time and not enough at other times. Whenever we feel like giving up under the pressure and responsibilities of life, we can remember there are always solutions. Nothing is cast in stone unless we want it to be.
I can begin thinking about making changes in my responsibilities and life's pressures. I can ask for help and do some rearranging, so no day is overwhelming.
From the book Night Light by Amy E. Dean. ©
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
Love doesn’t make the world go around. Love is what makes the
ride worthwhile. ---Franklin Jones
Love doesn’t make the world go around. Love is what makes the
ride worthwhile. ---Franklin Jones
Before recovery, anger, self-pity, and sadness often filled our hearts.
The world went on. We came to hate the ride.
In recovery, love fills our hearts. We begin to love life. Love is really
caring about what happens to other people. Love is what makes the
ride worth it
We find much love in our program. People really mater to us. We really
matter to others. For many of us, we learn how to love in our meetings.
The program teaches love because the program is love.
Prayer for the Day: I pray that I’ll welcome love into my heart and
others into my life. Love brings me closer to my Higher Power.
Action for the Day: I’ll list all the people I love and why they matter
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
Serenity
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.
Thy will, not mine, be done."
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 41
Thought to Ponder
Serenity isn't freedom from the storm; it is peace within the storm.
AA-related 'Alconym'
K I S S = Keep It Serenely Simple
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Leave the stress behind
by Ralph Marston
Much of what is stressful to you is what you’ve decided is stressful. What if you decided differently?
Feeling stressed in certain situations, or with certain tasks, or with certain people, is not a foregone conclusion. Rather, it’s a way you choose to respond.
Sure, many things in life will challenge you greatly. Yet instead of letting those challenges get to you and make you stressful, you can choose a more powerful, effective response.
Instead of seeing yourself as fighting against the challenges, you can see yourself as thriving on them, and even enjoying them. Even when people and situations are extremely difficult, you can find great fulfillment in calmly working through them.
You can let others be stressed and angry and frustrated. All the while, you can choose to be peaceful and productive.
Life’s difficulties don’t have to bring you down, because you have what it takes to lovingly and purposefully deal with them. Choose to respond with a positive perspective, and leave the stress behind.
Much of what is stressful to you is what you’ve decided is stressful. What if you decided differently?
Feeling stressed in certain situations, or with certain tasks, or with certain people, is not a foregone conclusion. Rather, it’s a way you choose to respond.
Sure, many things in life will challenge you greatly. Yet instead of letting those challenges get to you and make you stressful, you can choose a more powerful, effective response.
Instead of seeing yourself as fighting against the challenges, you can see yourself as thriving on them, and even enjoying them. Even when people and situations are extremely difficult, you can find great fulfillment in calmly working through them.
You can let others be stressed and angry and frustrated. All the while, you can choose to be peaceful and productive.
Life’s difficulties don’t have to bring you down, because you have what it takes to lovingly and purposefully deal with them. Choose to respond with a positive perspective, and leave the stress behind.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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