Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Today's Gift
. . . sometimes the greatest memories are made in the most unlikely of places, further proof that spontaneity is more rewarding than a meticulously planned life. ― J.A. Redmerski
Practice being spontaneous. Practice having fun.
The joy of life is that we get to experiment. We get to learn new behaviors, and we don't have to do them perfectly. We only need to find a way that works for us. We even have fun experimenting, learning what we like, and how to do what we like.
Many of us have gotten into a rut with rigidity, martyrdom, and deprivation. One of the “normal” experiences many of us have been deprived of is having fun. Another one is being spontaneous. We may not have the foggiest notion what we would like to do for fun. And we may hold ourselves in check so tightly that we wouldn't allow ourselves to try something fun, anyway.
We can let ourselves go a little now and then. We can loosen up a bit. We don't have to be so stiff and rigid, so frightened about being who we are. Take some risks. Try some new activities. What would we like to do? What might we enjoy doing? Then, take another risk. Pick out a movie we'd like to see; call a friend, and invite him or her to go along. If that person says no, try someone else, or try again another time.
Decide to try something, then go through with it. Go once. Go twice. Practice having fun until fun becomes fun.
Today, I will do something just for fun. I will practice having fun until I actually enjoy it.
From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©
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
Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself. —Gerald Brenan
As teenagers most of us were very self-conscious and concerned about how we looked to others. That was a normal stage in development. But, for many of us, our addictions began at that age, or the addictions of others affected us. Our emotional development stopped. We didn't develop an inner reference point, a relationship with our Higher Power that influenced us and helped us weigh other people's opinions.
In recovery, we resumed our emotional and spiritual development where it had stopped. It is liberating to know that how we feel about something is important. We can follow our interests and pursue our commitments. We need not be ruled by others' feelings. With our regular pattern of taking our inventory, praying, and meditating, we are developing a relationship with ourselves, which builds character and maturity.
Action for the Day: Today, I will give importance to how I feel, what I believe, and what is interesting to me.
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
Anger
If we were to live, we had to be free of anger.
The grouch and the brainstorm were not for us.
They maybe the dubious luxury of normal men,
but for alcoholics these things are poison.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works,) p. 66
Thought to Ponder
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
AA-related 'Alconym'
C A L M = Can Anger Leave Me?
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Your own joyous path
by Ralph Marston
Every joy, every treasure, every fulfillment that you could imagine is available to come into your life. It is only your insistence on continuing to need these things that keeps them apart from you.
The moment you stop needing, that’s when you start allowing. Your connection to life’s abundance is limited only by your failure to see it.
As long as you think of yourself as needing something, you will continue to be without it. As long as you assume that the road to fulfillment is blocked in some way, you will not be able to travel that road.
But the only thing really blocking the pathway is your own perception. Take the first step, and you will see for yourself that the way is clear for you to move forward.
Stop imagining what you need, and start realizing the true and boundless value of what you have. Allow the abundance that is already yours to express itself as the fulfillment of your most magnificent dreams.
Let go of the need to need. And find your own joyous path through the richness that extends in every direction.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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