Monday, March 25, 2019
Today's Gift
The pure relationship, how beautiful it is! How easily it is damaged, or weighted down with irrelevancies—the accumulations of life and of time. ~Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Many of us are presently rebuilding old relationships and searching for new ones, ones that we hope we can protect. We can't survive without relationships, some intimate, some close, some casual. And we discover ourselves through our relationships with others.
The purity of a relationship is directly proportional to the undivided attention we both give to those shared moments, hours, experiences, to being there with one another. This communion with another is the celebration of life and the Universe that quickens hearts and ushers in serenity.
Action for the Day: Each day I can look for those chances to give myself wholly. And gifts will abound.
Personality Change
"It has often been said of A.A. that we are interested only in alcoholism.
That is not true. We have to get over drinking in order to stay alive.
But anyone who knows the alcoholic personality by firsthand contact
knows that no true alky ever stops drinking permanently
without undergoing a profound personality change."
- As Bill Sees It, (Letter, 1940) p. 1
Thought to Ponder
If I don't change, my sobriety date will.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A B C = Acceptance, Belief, Change
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Be yourself
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did. —Henry James
Many of us have learned to control the responses of others by always being pleasing and charming. Maybe we feel it's better to have others like us than to take a stand. Maybe we only feel okay about ourselves if others approve. Some of us have certainly learned we have a sense of power and control over people when they like us. Many of us have carried our people-pleasing behavior so far that we have really sold our souls for the applause of others.
Are there problems or tensions in our lives from trying to please someone? Is fear of criticism preventing us from taking an action that would be good for us? Have we neglected our inner voice by listening so hard to others? As we get stronger, healthier, more fully into our adulthood, not everyone will like us. Some people will be angry; others, not interested. Once we have faced our own life crises, we are not so dependent on having everyone's approval.
I pray for the Universe's blessing upon the person I'm becoming. I will let go of this need to please everyone.
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
Many of us are presently rebuilding old relationships and searching for new ones, ones that we hope we can protect. We can't survive without relationships, some intimate, some close, some casual. And we discover ourselves through our relationships with others.
The purity of a relationship is directly proportional to the undivided attention we both give to those shared moments, hours, experiences, to being there with one another. This communion with another is the celebration of life and the Universe that quickens hearts and ushers in serenity.
Action for the Day: Each day I can look for those chances to give myself wholly. And gifts will abound.
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
"It has often been said of A.A. that we are interested only in alcoholism.
That is not true. We have to get over drinking in order to stay alive.
But anyone who knows the alcoholic personality by firsthand contact
knows that no true alky ever stops drinking permanently
without undergoing a profound personality change."
- As Bill Sees It, (Letter, 1940) p. 1
Thought to Ponder
If I don't change, my sobriety date will.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A B C = Acceptance, Belief, Change
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Be yourself
by Ralph Marston
Your job is to be yourself. Some people will like who you are and some won’t, but there’s really nothing you can do about the preferences of other people.
What you can do, is be your genuine self. What you can do is live and work and speak and act according to what’s important to you, not worried in the least about what others might think.
You have the opportunity to live each moment in the service of all you love and treasure. True fulfillment will come from doing so, and not from the admiration of others.
Certainly it pays to be polite, respectful, friendly and decent to others. But none of that matters if you are not also your authentic self.
People can spot a fraud pretty quickly. It’s much easier, and a whole lot smarter, to be yourself.
You are unique, valuable and worthy of a great life. Be yourself, give your special gifts sincerely to life, and enjoy the beautiful experience of living as the real person you are.
Your job is to be yourself. Some people will like who you are and some won’t, but there’s really nothing you can do about the preferences of other people.
What you can do, is be your genuine self. What you can do is live and work and speak and act according to what’s important to you, not worried in the least about what others might think.
You have the opportunity to live each moment in the service of all you love and treasure. True fulfillment will come from doing so, and not from the admiration of others.
Certainly it pays to be polite, respectful, friendly and decent to others. But none of that matters if you are not also your authentic self.
People can spot a fraud pretty quickly. It’s much easier, and a whole lot smarter, to be yourself.
You are unique, valuable and worthy of a great life. Be yourself, give your special gifts sincerely to life, and enjoy the beautiful experience of living as the real person you are.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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