Thursday, May 23, 2019
Today's Gift
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength. ~A. J. Cronin
There is always something to worry about. What if it rains tomorrow on the family picnic? What if the baby gets sick and we can't go? What if we can't find a shady spot for our lunch table? Will the water be too cold for swimming? Will the boat motor conk out in the middle of the lake? What if we forget the charcoal? Or the lighter fluid?
Today, while preparing the potato salad for tomorrow's picnic, all we need to know is whether the potatoes are cool enough to peel and slice. Our worries about tomorrow change nothing but ourselves, and they have nothing to do with what we are doing right now. Tomorrow will become today soon enough, and today is the day we have.
Which of my worries belong only to tomorrow, and should be left alone until then?
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
Life is not to be endured; life is to be enjoyed and embraced.
The belief that we must square our shoulders and get through a meager, deprived existence for far off rewards in Heaven is a codependent belief.
Yes, most of us still have times when life will be stressful and challenge our endurance skills. But in recovery, were learning to live, to enjoy our life, and handle situations as they come.
Our survival skills have served us well. They have gotten us through difficult times - as children and adults. Our ability to freeze feelings, deny problems, deprive ourselves, and cope with stress has helped us get where we are today. But were safe now. Were learning to do more than survive. We can let go of unhealthy survival behaviors. Were learning new, better ways to protect and care for ourselves. Were free to feel our feelings, identify and solve problems, and give ourselves the best. Were free to open up and come alive.
Action for the Day: Today, I will let go of my unhealthy endurance and survival skills. I will choose a new mode of living, one that allows me to be alive and enjoy the adventure.
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
If not members of religious bodies, we sometimes
select and memorize a few set prayers which emphasize
the principles we have been discussing. There are many
helpful books also. Suggestions about these may be obtained
from one’s priest, minister, or rabbi. Be quick to see where
religious people are right. Make use of what they offer.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 87
Thought to Ponder
Prayer asks the question. Meditation listens for the answer.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A S A P = Always Say A Prayer
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
Later is too late. Live today’s joys today.
Honor your commitments, do your work. But don’t let it become an excuse to put off the joys you can create and experience right now.
Joy refreshes you, inspires you, energizes you. And there’s a lot of good you can do with that energy.
Joy connects you with purpose, with love, with all you value. Joy reminds you why you do what you do, why you seek what you seek.
Joy is yours to choose here, now. Joy asks only that you allow it, express it, share it, and when you do, the moment is filled with its energy.
Offer the value of joy to those you’re with, to where you are, to what you’re doing. Live today’s joys, for the only time to do so is now.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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