The Work-In: Daily Motivation 11-26-2018

Monday, November 26, 2018

Today's Gift

Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens. -Louise L. Hay

Let Go of Self-Criticism

Look how far we've come!

It's good to focus on the task ahead, on what remains to be done. It's important to stop and feel pleased about what we've accomplished too.

Yes, it may seem that the change has been slow. At times, change is grueling. Yes, we've taken steps backward. But we're right where we're supposed to be. We're right where we need to be.

And we have come so far.

Sometimes by leaps, sometimes with tiny steps, sometimes kicking and screaming all the while, sometimes with sleeves rolled up and white knuckles, we've learned. Grown. Changed.

Look how far we've come.

Today, I will appreciate my progress. I will let myself feel good about what has been accomplished.

From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©

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

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. --Abraham Heschel

Most of us have struggled with our self-esteem. We believed if we felt better about ourselves we could change some of our behavior. In recovery we found the reverse to be true. First our behavior changed, then our self-esteem improved.

Only after we stop doing things we don't respect can we hear and accept the goodwill of others around us. Then we see our value as a person because we are upholding strong self-images by our actions. This is not easy to do. As we learn, we continue to say no to weak behaviors, and we are released to feel greater dignity.

Action for the Day: Saying no to my negative behavior today will improve my self-respect.

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

Fear
The chief activator of our defects has been self-centered fear—primarily fear
that we would lose something we already possessed or would fail to get something
we demanded. Living upon a basis of unsatisfied demands, we were in a state of
continual disturbance and frustration. Therefore, no peace was to be had unless
we could find a means of reducing these demands.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 76

Thought to Ponder
All I have feared to lose I have gained and all I feared to gain I have lost.

AA-related 'Alconym'
F E A R = Fools Every Alcoholic Repeatedly

From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)

http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html

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Daily Motivation

Excerpt of The Daily Motivator

Let your thoughts soar

by Ralph Marston

Today is a day for your thoughts to soar. Live fully in what is now and at the same time, imagine beyond it.

Focus on the goodness and value of now. Envision how you can build new richness from it all.

Make a point to see past your own narrow concerns. Consider how you can offer the best you have to offer, how you can give the best you have to give to life.

Avoid letting your thoughts get stuck on a treadmill of blame, doubt, judgment, and worry. Seek instead to welcome new perspectives, ideas, possibilities into your thinking.

Follow your natural curiosity to wonderful places. Let your love lead your thoughts into magnificent realms.

Your thoughts have great power and influence over the way your life unfolds. Free your thoughts, encourage your thoughts, enable your thoughts to soar in the most positive, beneficial ways.

From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/