Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Today's Gift
Filled with wonder
The only sense that is common in the long run is the sense of change - and we all instinctively avoid it. —E. B. White
Nature reveals to us a world that is always changing. No two sunsets are alike. Winter brings invigorating days while spring brings new buds and blossoms every day. Summer brings lazy warmth and star-filled evenings while fall brings crisp afternoons and a sense of nostalgia.
Even though nature shows us a constantly changing world, we often resist the changes in our own lives. Changes can be both hard and sad, yet they are a part of life. Perhaps we are moving on to a new school or a new neighborhood, or perhaps we are feeling the changes that come with a divorce in the family.
With every change we say a sad goodbye to something old, something familiar - in the same way we feel sadness for summer's end when the first leaves begin to fall. Yet every change also offers us the excitement and potential of a new season - with its own opportunity for new smells, special gifts, and invigorating days.
How have I changed today?
From Today's Gift: Daily Meditations for Families ©
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
Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way. --Florence Scovel Shinn
Should we make this move? Should we change jobs? Should we talk to others about our feelings? We are seldom short on prayers when we're filled with fear and indecision. We are, however, short on answers. Our worries block them out.
No prayer ever goes unanswered. Of this we can be certain. On the other hand, the answer may not be what we'd hoped for. In fact, we may not recognize it as the answer because we are expecting something quite different. It takes willingness on our part to be free of our preconceptions--free to accept whatever answers are offered.
Our answers come unexpectedly, a chance meeting on the street, a passage in a book or newspaper, a nagging feeling within. Our Higher Power speaks to each of us throughout the day. Our prayers are answered, our problems find solutions, and our worries are eased, if we but attune ourselves to the messages. They are all around.
Action for the Day: I will be attentive to all the signs from my Higher Power today. Whatever answer I seek is finding its way 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
Rocketed
But we saw that it really worked in others, and we had come to believe in
the hopelessness and futility of life as we had been living it. When, therefore,
we were approached by those in whom the problem had been solved, there
was nothing left for us but to pick up the simple kit of spiritual tools laid at
our feet. We have found much of heaven and we have been rocketed into
a fourth dimension of existence of which we had not even dreamed.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 25
Thought to Ponder
The solution is simple. The solution is spiritual.
AA-related 'Alconym'
K I S S = Keeping It Simple, Spiritually
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
Always, there is something new to discover. Always, you have new possibilities to explore.
Life is immense and you are situated right in the middle of it all. Everything you’ve ever experienced is only a small fraction of all you can now experience.
You can transcend whatever limits have previously confined you. You can expand your horizon beyond anything you’ve known before.
You can never run out of room to grow. There will never be any shortage of ideas to explore, or paths to follow.
As difficult as your problems may be, they are tiny compared to your possibilities. And a great way to get beyond those problems is to open yourself to more of the possibilities.
Let your spirit be filled with wonder at all the goodness and beauty that are possible. Then step forward, inspired and empowered by all the richness you can now experience.
Always, there is something new to discover. Always, you have new possibilities to explore.
Life is immense and you are situated right in the middle of it all. Everything you’ve ever experienced is only a small fraction of all you can now experience.
You can transcend whatever limits have previously confined you. You can expand your horizon beyond anything you’ve known before.
You can never run out of room to grow. There will never be any shortage of ideas to explore, or paths to follow.
As difficult as your problems may be, they are tiny compared to your possibilities. And a great way to get beyond those problems is to open yourself to more of the possibilities.
Let your spirit be filled with wonder at all the goodness and beauty that are possible. Then step forward, inspired and empowered by all the richness you can now experience.
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