Friday, October 5, 2018
Today's Gift
Learn to let yourself be guided into truth.
We will know what we need to know, when we need to know that. We don't have to feel badly about taking our own time to reach our insights. We don't have to force insight or awareness before it's time.
Yes! Maybe the whole world saw a particular truth in our life, and we denied it - until we were ready to deal with it. That is our business, and our right! Our process is our own, and we will discover our truths at the right time, when we are ready, when the learning experience is complete.
The most growth-producing concept we can develop for others and ourselves is to allow ourselves to have our own process. We can give and receive support and encouragement while we go through this process. We can listen to others and say what we think. We can set boundaries and take care of ourselves, when needed. But we still give others and ourselves the right to grow at our own pace, without judgment, and with much trust that all is well and is on schedule.
When we are ready, when the time is right, and when our Higher Power is ready - we will know what we need to know.
Fifth Step
Having made our personal inventory, what shall we do about it? We have been trying to get
a new attitude, a new relationship with our Creator, and to discover the obstacles in our path.
We have admitted certain defects; we have ascertained in a rough way what the trouble is;
we have put our finger on the weak items in our personal inventory. Now these are about to
be cast out. This requires action on our part, which, when completed, will mean that we have
admitted to our Higher Power, to ourselves, and to another human being, the exact nature of our defects.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 72
Thought to Ponder
Clear vision for tomorrow comes only after a real look at yesterday.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F E A R = Face Everything And Recover
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Great life you deserve
Sometimes I think I'm the luckiest person in the world. There's nothing better than having work you really care about. Sometimes I think my greatest problem is lack of confidence. I'm scared, and I think that's healthy. —Jane Fonda
We each vacillate between feeling confident on some days, lucky on others, and yet frequently scared on others. It's very human to vacillate. We need not be anxious because our emotions refuse to stand still.
Changing emotions are part of the process of normal living. And changing emotions reflect an involvement with the moment. Situations do touch us, as they should. They do invite responses, as they should. And our responses will reveal our emotional involvement, as they should. We can cherish the variety of our emotions. They enrich us. But they may also create problems, if they go unchecked.
We need to maintain a balance. Confidence, certainly desirable, can become overconfidence and thus complacency. Confidence needs humility to temper it. Fear makes us cautious, and that's good; but too much can immobilize us. Being in charge of our emotions makes them work for us.
Emotions can energize me and keep me involved with the moment. They can also control me. It's my decision to be in charge.
From Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women by Karen Casey ©
From: Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation - Thought for the Day http://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/recovery/thought-for-the-day
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Knowledge
Learn to let yourself be guided into truth.
We will know what we need to know, when we need to know that. We don't have to feel badly about taking our own time to reach our insights. We don't have to force insight or awareness before it's time.
Yes! Maybe the whole world saw a particular truth in our life, and we denied it - until we were ready to deal with it. That is our business, and our right! Our process is our own, and we will discover our truths at the right time, when we are ready, when the learning experience is complete.
The most growth-producing concept we can develop for others and ourselves is to allow ourselves to have our own process. We can give and receive support and encouragement while we go through this process. We can listen to others and say what we think. We can set boundaries and take care of ourselves, when needed. But we still give others and ourselves the right to grow at our own pace, without judgment, and with much trust that all is well and is on schedule.
When we are ready, when the time is right, and when our Higher Power is ready - we will know what we need to know.
Action for the Day: Today, I will let myself and others have our own pace and time schedule for growth and change. I will trust that I will be empowered with insights and the tools for dealing with these insights, at the right time.
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
Fifth Step
Having made our personal inventory, what shall we do about it? We have been trying to get
a new attitude, a new relationship with our Creator, and to discover the obstacles in our path.
We have admitted certain defects; we have ascertained in a rough way what the trouble is;
we have put our finger on the weak items in our personal inventory. Now these are about to
be cast out. This requires action on our part, which, when completed, will mean that we have
admitted to our Higher Power, to ourselves, and to another human being, the exact nature of our defects.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 72
Thought to Ponder
Clear vision for tomorrow comes only after a real look at yesterday.
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
by Ralph Marston
Change the world today by changing the way you look at it. Improve your life today by improving what you think of it and what you do with it.
You have the power, right now, to inject new positive energy and enthusiasm into your world. Go ahead and activate that power.
It’s true that much of what happens in the world around you is out of your control. Yet you can absolutely control the factors that make the most difference to your experience of life.
It’s up to you to decide what you think, what you do, and how you feel. Take positive, purposeful control of those things, and you can make this day better than any day has ever been.
The perspective you live with is the perspective you have chosen. If you’ve somehow worked your way into a negative frame of mind, you have what’s necessary to quickly get yourself out of it and into a more positive place.
You are literally surrounded by a universe of possibilities. Now, align yourself with the highest and best of those possibilities, and live the great life you deserve to live.
Change the world today by changing the way you look at it. Improve your life today by improving what you think of it and what you do with it.
You have the power, right now, to inject new positive energy and enthusiasm into your world. Go ahead and activate that power.
It’s true that much of what happens in the world around you is out of your control. Yet you can absolutely control the factors that make the most difference to your experience of life.
It’s up to you to decide what you think, what you do, and how you feel. Take positive, purposeful control of those things, and you can make this day better than any day has ever been.
The perspective you live with is the perspective you have chosen. If you’ve somehow worked your way into a negative frame of mind, you have what’s necessary to quickly get yourself out of it and into a more positive place.
You are literally surrounded by a universe of possibilities. Now, align yourself with the highest and best of those possibilities, and live the great life you deserve to live.
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