Friday, November 2, 2018
Today's Gift
Our growth is contingent on our ability to flow with the dualities, the contradictions inherent in one's lifetime, not only to flow with them but to capitalize on them.
We are not offered a painless existence, but we are offered opportunities for gathering perspective from the painful moments. And our perspectives are cushioned by the principles of the program. The rough edges of life, the storms that whip our very being, are gifts in disguise. We see life anew, when the storm has subsided.
We can enjoy the calm, if that surrounds us today. We deserve the resting periods. They give us a chance to contemplate and make fully our own that which the recent storm brought so forcefully to our attention. We are powerless over the storm's onslaught. But we can gain from it and be assured that the storm gives all the meaning there is in the calm.
Action for the Day: I will be glad today for the clouds or the rainbows. Both are meant for my good. And without both, neither has meaning.
personal adventures before and after make clear three pertinent ideas:
(a) That we were alcoholic and could not manage our own lives.
(b) That probably no human power could have relieved our alcoholism.
(c) That our Higher Power could and would if They were sought.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 60
Thought to Ponder
I can't, my Higher Power can, I'll ask Them to.
AA-related 'Alconym'
N U T S = Not Using The Steps
Focus on the goodness
Oh, this is the creature that doesn't exist . . . . In fact, it never was. But since they loved it, a pure beast came to be. --Rainer Maria Rilke
The unicorn, serene and white, is a strong and graceful animal with the body of a horse. A single white horn grows from its brow, making it unique among all animals. It is gentle, shy, and good, and though stories have been told about it for centuries, many people say it never existed. We call it a myth, yet in telling its story, we make it real.
Friendship is like the unicorn: created from faith. Before we speak, reach out, believe in the possibility of relations with another, friendship does not exist. But when we share a meal, a joke, or a walk--a piece of ourselves--we open up to two friends . . . one in the other person, the other within ourselves.
How does sharing myself with another create a friend within me?
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
It is the calm after the storm. I feel a rainbow where there once were clouds, and while my Spirit dances in gratitude, my mind speculates on the next disaster. Duality. --Mary Casey
Our growth is contingent on our ability to flow with the dualities, the contradictions inherent in one's lifetime, not only to flow with them but to capitalize on them.
We are not offered a painless existence, but we are offered opportunities for gathering perspective from the painful moments. And our perspectives are cushioned by the principles of the program. The rough edges of life, the storms that whip our very being, are gifts in disguise. We see life anew, when the storm has subsided.
We can enjoy the calm, if that surrounds us today. We deserve the resting periods. They give us a chance to contemplate and make fully our own that which the recent storm brought so forcefully to our attention. We are powerless over the storm's onslaught. But we can gain from it and be assured that the storm gives all the meaning there is in the calm.
Action for the Day: I will be glad today for the clouds or the rainbows. Both are meant for my good. And without both, neither has meaning.
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
Three Pertinent Ideas
Our description of the alcoholic, the chapter to the agnostic, and ourpersonal adventures before and after make clear three pertinent ideas:
(a) That we were alcoholic and could not manage our own lives.
(b) That probably no human power could have relieved our alcoholism.
(c) That our Higher Power could and would if They were sought.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 60
Thought to Ponder
I can't, my Higher Power can, I'll ask Them to.
AA-related 'Alconym'
N U T S = Not Using The Steps
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
Choose words today that encourage. Choose actions today that assist, empower, unify.
Live today with generosity, gratitude, wonder and enthusiasm. Be slow to anger, quick to forgive, understanding and patient with yourself and others.
Offer your smile, offer your kindness. Give your respect and your positive presence.
This is the world you live in, the day you have to work with. Make it your intention to make it a good, supportive time and place.
Many good people are going to do many good things today. Take the opportunity to add your own beneficial actions to the mix.
What you focus on gains power and influence in your life, in your world. So focus on the goodness, and watch as that goodness spreads.
Choose words today that encourage. Choose actions today that assist, empower, unify.
Live today with generosity, gratitude, wonder and enthusiasm. Be slow to anger, quick to forgive, understanding and patient with yourself and others.
Offer your smile, offer your kindness. Give your respect and your positive presence.
This is the world you live in, the day you have to work with. Make it your intention to make it a good, supportive time and place.
Many good people are going to do many good things today. Take the opportunity to add your own beneficial actions to the mix.
What you focus on gains power and influence in your life, in your world. So focus on the goodness, and watch as that goodness spreads.
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