Thursday, April 4, 2019
Today's Gift
It's not always easy to understand that the day stretching before us is all that counts. Daydreaming about the party last week, or getting upset all over again about a fight we had yesterday with a friend doesn't help us right now. When our minds are on the past, we miss out on the conversation or the activity that is going on around us.
Every moment of the day is special, and guaranteed to help us grow and understand life. All of us have been taught to pay attention in school, or to pay attention when others talk to us. But we should also pay attention to the birds, the sky, even the grass. And we can learn a lot by paying attention to the conversations going on around us, and to the small voice inside us that helps us know right from wrong.
What's going on today is enough to pay attention to.
Faith and Courage
The verdict of the ages is that faith means courage.
All people of faith have courage. They trust their Higher Power.
We never apologize for our Higher Power. Instead we let Them demonstrate,
through us, what They can do. We ask Them to remove our fear
and direct our attention to what They would have us be.
At once, we commence to outgrow fear.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 68
Thought to Ponder
Courage is faith that has said its prayers.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F A I T H = Fear And Insecurity? Trust a Higher Power!
Keep the faith
All we are asked to bear we can bear. That is a law of the spiritual life. The only hindrance to the working of this law, as of all benign laws, is fear. —Elizabeth Goudge
There is no problem too difficult to handle with all the help available to us. Let's not be overwhelmed.
Our challenges, the stumbling blocks in our way, beckon us toward the spiritual working-out of the problem which moves us closer toward being the person we are meant to be. Our fear comes from not trusting in the power greater than ourselves to provide the direction we need, to make known the solution.
Every day we will have challenges. We have lessons to learn which means growing pains. If we could but remember that our challenges are gifts to grow on and that within every problem lies the solution.
I will not be given more than I and my higher power can handle today, or any day.
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
One day at a time--this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone. --Ida Scott Taylor
One day at a time--this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone. --Ida Scott Taylor
It's not always easy to understand that the day stretching before us is all that counts. Daydreaming about the party last week, or getting upset all over again about a fight we had yesterday with a friend doesn't help us right now. When our minds are on the past, we miss out on the conversation or the activity that is going on around us.
Every moment of the day is special, and guaranteed to help us grow and understand life. All of us have been taught to pay attention in school, or to pay attention when others talk to us. But we should also pay attention to the birds, the sky, even the grass. And we can learn a lot by paying attention to the conversations going on around us, and to the small voice inside us that helps us know right from wrong.
What's going on today is enough to pay attention to.
Action for the Day: I will pay attention to what is around 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
Faith and Courage
The verdict of the ages is that faith means courage.
All people of faith have courage. They trust their Higher Power.
We never apologize for our Higher Power. Instead we let Them demonstrate,
through us, what They can do. We ask Them to remove our fear
and direct our attention to what They would have us be.
At once, we commence to outgrow fear.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 68
Thought to Ponder
Courage is faith that has said its prayers.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F A I T H = Fear And Insecurity? Trust a Higher Power!
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
Know that you have the strength to deal with any situation, and nothing will be able to get you down.
Be totally confident that everything will eventually work for the best, and you will have the strength to care, to act, to overcome, to achieve. You’ll find a way around every obstacle.
If you let yourself get blown off course by any breeze that comes along, you are no good to anyone. If you let yourself be dismayed and paralyzed by misfortune, then you add to the misfortune.
All things work in your favor when you decide that they will.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
Know that you have the strength to deal with any situation, and nothing will be able to get you down.
Be totally confident that everything will eventually work for the best, and you will have the strength to care, to act, to overcome, to achieve. You’ll find a way around every obstacle.
If you let yourself get blown off course by any breeze that comes along, you are no good to anyone. If you let yourself be dismayed and paralyzed by misfortune, then you add to the misfortune.
All things work in your favor when you decide that they will.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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