Friday, March 29, 2019
Today's Gift
Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one's own values in the person of another. --Ayn Rand
The struggle to love one another may be a daily one for us, and it is made more difficult because we are still stumbling in our attempts at self-love. Many of us have lived our whole adult lives feeling inadequate, dull, unattractive, fearing the worst regarding our relationships with others.
But this phase, this struggle, is passing. We see a person we like in the mirror each morning. We did a task or a favor yesterday that we felt good about. And when we feel good about our accomplishments, we look with a loving eye on the persons around us. Self-love does encourage other love.
Self-love takes practice. It's new behavior. We can begin to measure what we are doing, rather than what we haven't yet managed to do, and praise ourselves. Nurturing our inner selves invites further expression of the values that are developing, values that will carry us to new situations and new opportunities for accomplishments, and finally to loving the person who looks back at us every morning.
Self-love makes me vulnerable and compassionate towards others. It's the balm for all wounds; it multiplies as it's expressed. It can begin with my smile.
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
It requires very little effort--and no imagination--to start feeling sorry for ourselves. Often, it is easy to feel sorry for ourselves in our families. Instead of being inspired by the sports talents of an older sibling, the popularity of a friend, or the fame of a parent or relative, we often take the easier attitude: "I'm denied all that they have."
If we work hard at developing our own abilities so that we can excel, we will find ourselves proud of, and applauding, what others do. If a personal problem brings us self-pity, we must remind ourselves that all people have problems. We can cope as well as the best of people if we learn from them and think positively.
Action for the Day: I will be proud of those close to me today.
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
Grudges and Revenge
We had to see that when we harbored grudges and planned revenge for such
defeats, we were really beating ourselves with the club of anger we had intended
to use on others. We learned that if we were seriously disturbed, our first need
was to quiet that disturbance, regardless of who or what we thought caused it.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Four) p. 47
Thought to Ponder
Expectations are premeditated resentments.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F E A R = Frustration, Ego, Anger, Resentment
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
Today, you can be a positive force in a negative world. Today, you have the opportunity to truly make a difference.
When you come across greed, incompetence, disrespect, despair, or injustice, don’t simply get angry or frustrated. Instead, get busy.
Get busy thinking of what specific steps you can take to make it better. Then get busy committing yourself and taking those steps.
You can’t do anything to prevent what has already happened. Yet you can do much, in your own way, to make your corner of the world a more peaceful, loving, creative, intelligent and caring place.
When you’re tempted to curse the negativity that’s all around you, stop and remember that your cursing will do little good. Rather than focusing on what’s wrong, step forward and do something that’s overwhelmingly right.
Improve your corner of the world, and that corner will grow more positively influential. Keep on being a positive force, and little by little, you can create a great and wonderful transformation.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
Today, you can be a positive force in a negative world. Today, you have the opportunity to truly make a difference.
When you come across greed, incompetence, disrespect, despair, or injustice, don’t simply get angry or frustrated. Instead, get busy.
Get busy thinking of what specific steps you can take to make it better. Then get busy committing yourself and taking those steps.
You can’t do anything to prevent what has already happened. Yet you can do much, in your own way, to make your corner of the world a more peaceful, loving, creative, intelligent and caring place.
When you’re tempted to curse the negativity that’s all around you, stop and remember that your cursing will do little good. Rather than focusing on what’s wrong, step forward and do something that’s overwhelmingly right.
Improve your corner of the world, and that corner will grow more positively influential. Keep on being a positive force, and little by little, you can create a great and wonderful transformation.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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