Thursday, December 6, 2018
Today's Gift
One of the first things we learn about in recovery is time. Before, we may have tried to control time by Pushing it along. We tried to hurry everything and everybody. We wanted our "quick fix." But the program tells us to slow down. Easy Does It.
We probably couldn't picture ourselves staying sober for the rest of our life. So we were told to just work at staying sober today. We learned to work our program One Day at a Time. We were thought that time can be our friend. Times is our Higher Power's way of not having everything happen at once.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, you are my teacher. You are in charge of the lesson. Help me accept this. Teach me how to use my time wisely.
Action for the Day: Today, I'll list five ways I use my time in ways that aren't helpful to me. I'll work at making time my friend.
Design for Living
We, in our turn, sought the same escape with all the desperation of drowning people.
What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be the loving and powerful hand of our Higher Power.
A new life has been given us or, if you prefer, "a design for living" that really works.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, "There Is A Solution" p. 28
Thought to Ponder
The Twelve Steps — a manuscript for rational living.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A A = Answer Available
Reward in the doing
Each day provides its own gifts. —Ruth P. Freedman
We are guaranteed experiences that are absolutely right for us today. We are progressing on schedule. Even when our personal hopes are unmet, we are given the necessary opportunities for achieving those goals that complement our unique destinies.
Today is full of special surprises, and we will be the recipient of the ones which are sent to help us grow - in all the ways necessary for our journey through life. We might not consider every experience a gift at this time. But hindsight will offer the clarity lacking at the moment, just as it has done in many instances that have gone before.
We are only offered part of our personal drama each day. But we can trust our lives to have many scenes, many acts, points of climax, and a conclusion. Each of us tells a story with our lives, one different from all other stories and yet necessary to the telling of many other stories too. The days ahead will help us tell our story. Our interactions with others will influence our outcomes and theirs. We can trust the drama and give fully to our roles.
Every day is a gift exchange. I give, and I will receive.
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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Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Keep It Simple
The strongest of all warriors are these two--Time and Patience.
Leo Tolstay
The strongest of all warriors are these two--Time and Patience.
Leo Tolstay
One of the first things we learn about in recovery is time. Before, we may have tried to control time by Pushing it along. We tried to hurry everything and everybody. We wanted our "quick fix." But the program tells us to slow down. Easy Does It.
We probably couldn't picture ourselves staying sober for the rest of our life. So we were told to just work at staying sober today. We learned to work our program One Day at a Time. We were thought that time can be our friend. Times is our Higher Power's way of not having everything happen at once.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, you are my teacher. You are in charge of the lesson. Help me accept this. Teach me how to use my time wisely.
Action for the Day: Today, I'll list five ways I use my time in ways that aren't helpful to me. I'll work at making time my friend.
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
Design for Living
We, in our turn, sought the same escape with all the desperation of drowning people.
What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be the loving and powerful hand of our Higher Power.
A new life has been given us or, if you prefer, "a design for living" that really works.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, "There Is A Solution" p. 28
Thought to Ponder
The Twelve Steps — a manuscript for rational living.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A A = Answer Available
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Reward in the doing
by Ralph Marston
Find your reward in the doing. If there are more rewards at the completion, consider them a bonus.
Go ahead and enjoy the rewards of a job well done, as you’re performing the job. Let the journey be the reward, and you’ll never give disappointment an opportunity to appear.
Seek not to get something out of it. Seek to put something good and valuable into it, and as you do, there’s much you’ll get out of it.
Fulfillment is not found in some idealized future outcome. Fulfillment is available for you to create and live here and now.
Aim toward a specific goal, work toward that goal, and experience its joy from the moment you begin. Feel the satisfaction of making a difference all along the way.
Let your good and useful effort be its own reward. And there will be no limit to the rewards you can enjoy.
Find your reward in the doing. If there are more rewards at the completion, consider them a bonus.
Go ahead and enjoy the rewards of a job well done, as you’re performing the job. Let the journey be the reward, and you’ll never give disappointment an opportunity to appear.
Seek not to get something out of it. Seek to put something good and valuable into it, and as you do, there’s much you’ll get out of it.
Fulfillment is not found in some idealized future outcome. Fulfillment is available for you to create and live here and now.
Aim toward a specific goal, work toward that goal, and experience its joy from the moment you begin. Feel the satisfaction of making a difference all along the way.
Let your good and useful effort be its own reward. And there will be no limit to the rewards you can enjoy.
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