Thursday, January 10, 2019
Today's Gift
Norman Cousins, in his book Anatomy of an Illness, describes how he cured his fatal illness with laughter. Laughter recharges our entire being; every cell is activated. We come alive, and full vitality restores us physically and emotionally. Many of us need both emotional and physical healing, but perhaps we've overlooked the times to laugh because we've been caught in a negative posture.
Unfortunately, negativity becomes habitual for many of us. However, it's never too late to turn our lives around, to laugh instead of complain. Choosing to see the bright side of life, to laugh at our mistakes, lessens our pain, emotional and physical. Laughter encourages wellness. It is habit-forming and, better yet, contagious. Bringing laughter to others can heal them as well.
We all want health and happiness in ourselves and others, and we can find it by creating it. The best prescription for whatever ails us may well be a good laugh.
Spiritual Tools
There is a solution. Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling of our
pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful
consummation. 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.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, "There Is A Solution," p. 25
Thought to Ponder
The solution is simple. The solution is spiritual.
AA-related 'Alconym'
S O B E R = Spiritually On Beam; Everything's Right
Genuinely happy
You feel the way you do right now because of the thoughts you are thinking at this moment. —David D. Burns
Good thoughts are like bright colors in a painting. Negative thoughts are dark and dreary and drab. Each day we paint pictures of our own lives with our thoughts. If we step back and look at the canvas, we will see whether the picture is alive with bright colors or dreary and lifeless like a dark cloud. Our thoughts have the power to bring joy or sadness our way, depending on what we expect or look for in our surroundings. The choice of how we want our lives to be is ours. Since we paint a new picture each day, we are always free to change things when they don't please us. What better time than the present?
Is there something in my life I'd like to change 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
A complete revaluation takes place in your physical and mental being when you've laughed and had some fun. --Catherine Ponder
A complete revaluation takes place in your physical and mental being when you've laughed and had some fun. --Catherine Ponder
Norman Cousins, in his book Anatomy of an Illness, describes how he cured his fatal illness with laughter. Laughter recharges our entire being; every cell is activated. We come alive, and full vitality restores us physically and emotionally. Many of us need both emotional and physical healing, but perhaps we've overlooked the times to laugh because we've been caught in a negative posture.
Unfortunately, negativity becomes habitual for many of us. However, it's never too late to turn our lives around, to laugh instead of complain. Choosing to see the bright side of life, to laugh at our mistakes, lessens our pain, emotional and physical. Laughter encourages wellness. It is habit-forming and, better yet, contagious. Bringing laughter to others can heal them as well.
We all want health and happiness in ourselves and others, and we can find it by creating it. The best prescription for whatever ails us may well be a good laugh.
Action for the Day: Today I'll seek out those chances to dispense a little medicine.
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
Spiritual Tools
There is a solution. Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling of our
pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful
consummation. 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.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, "There Is A Solution," p. 25
Thought to Ponder
The solution is simple. The solution is spiritual.
AA-related 'Alconym'
S O B E R = Spiritually On Beam; Everything's Right
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Genuinely happy
by Ralph Marston
Be happy where you are. Be eager to make it even better.
Nothing can make you happy. Everything gives you the opportunity to be happy.
How can you be happy when there is no reason to be? Make happiness the reason, and simply choose to experience it.
A positive, genuinely happy state of mind is a powerful and effective state of mind. Instead of begging for reasons to be happy, see each moment as an opportunity to give happiness to life.
Make happiness a choice rather than a conditional reaction. Make happiness your intention, and it becomes your reality.
It really is as simple, easy and accessible as that. Allow true, unconditional happiness, and it is yours.
Be happy where you are. Be eager to make it even better.
Nothing can make you happy. Everything gives you the opportunity to be happy.
How can you be happy when there is no reason to be? Make happiness the reason, and simply choose to experience it.
A positive, genuinely happy state of mind is a powerful and effective state of mind. Instead of begging for reasons to be happy, see each moment as an opportunity to give happiness to life.
Make happiness a choice rather than a conditional reaction. Make happiness your intention, and it becomes your reality.
It really is as simple, easy and accessible as that. Allow true, unconditional happiness, and it is yours.
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