Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Today's Gift
When we were using alcohol and other drugs, we often thought that we were different from others. We secretly thought that no one could understand us. Maybe we tried to be one of the group, but we were lonely. Now we know for sure--we are different from others. Everyone's unique. We all have this in common. Being like others helps us feel safe and normal. But we need to feel good about the ways we're different from others too. We think a little different, act a little different, and look a little different from anyone else. We each have our own way to make life better for others.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me be an individual. Help me use my special gifts, not hide them.
Action for the Day: Today, I'll make a list of the things I'm good at. I'll think about how I can use these gifts.
Gratitude
"Gratitude should go forward, rather than backward.
In other words, if you carry the message to still others, you will
be making the best possible repayment for the help given to you."
- As Bill Sees It, p. 29
Thought to Ponder
Grateful is a feeling. Gratitude is an action.
AA-related 'Alconym'
H U G S = Hope, Unity, Gratitude, Serenity
Give yourself the power
Your power depends on your perspective. And your perspective is yours to choose.
If you convince yourself that you’re having a bad day, you will indeed experience a frustrating and unproductive day. If you assume that circumstances are allied against you, then you’ll encounter great trouble in getting anything done.
There is a much more powerful alternative. You can choose to adopt and embrace a perspective that will work for you rather than against you.
Think of how you would feel if conditions were perfect, if your actions were highly effective and if everything was going exactly your way. Then, once you imagine how it would feel, go ahead and allow yourself to actually feel that way.
How would you act today if you knew you were going to be completely successful? Go ahead and act that way, and the success will come.
Put yourself in a position of power by choosing to feel the positive influence and effectiveness that you know is yours. Adopt the thoughts, feelings and actions of success, and you will indeed bring success to life.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
What good qualities lie within us? How do we choose to use them today? These simple questions point our way. Yet, on some days it seems so easy to get swept along with thoughts of future pain. And when we are not worrying about the future, we may fall into regrets about the past. Either way, we are distracted from our only opportunity to make a real difference - to be the kind of person we want to be in this moment, to learn from today's experiment in living.
On this day, I will walk a little slower and will listen closely to the messages within me.
From Touchstones: A Book of Daily Meditations for Men ©
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
Remember always that you have not only the right to be individual, you have an obligation to be one. --Eleamnor Roosevelt
Remember always that you have not only the right to be individual, you have an obligation to be one. --Eleamnor Roosevelt
When we were using alcohol and other drugs, we often thought that we were different from others. We secretly thought that no one could understand us. Maybe we tried to be one of the group, but we were lonely. Now we know for sure--we are different from others. Everyone's unique. We all have this in common. Being like others helps us feel safe and normal. But we need to feel good about the ways we're different from others too. We think a little different, act a little different, and look a little different from anyone else. We each have our own way to make life better for others.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me be an individual. Help me use my special gifts, not hide them.
Action for the Day: Today, I'll make a list of the things I'm good at. I'll think about how I can use these gifts.
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
Gratitude
"Gratitude should go forward, rather than backward.
In other words, if you carry the message to still others, you will
be making the best possible repayment for the help given to you."
- As Bill Sees It, p. 29
Thought to Ponder
Grateful is a feeling. Gratitude is an action.
AA-related 'Alconym'
H U G S = Hope, Unity, Gratitude, Serenity
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
Your power depends on your perspective. And your perspective is yours to choose.
If you convince yourself that you’re having a bad day, you will indeed experience a frustrating and unproductive day. If you assume that circumstances are allied against you, then you’ll encounter great trouble in getting anything done.
There is a much more powerful alternative. You can choose to adopt and embrace a perspective that will work for you rather than against you.
Think of how you would feel if conditions were perfect, if your actions were highly effective and if everything was going exactly your way. Then, once you imagine how it would feel, go ahead and allow yourself to actually feel that way.
How would you act today if you knew you were going to be completely successful? Go ahead and act that way, and the success will come.
Put yourself in a position of power by choosing to feel the positive influence and effectiveness that you know is yours. Adopt the thoughts, feelings and actions of success, and you will indeed bring success to life.
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