Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Today's Gift
One is happy as a result of one's own efforts, once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness - simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self-denial to a point, love of work, and above all, a clear conscience. Happiness is no vague dream, of that I now feel certain.
—George Sand
We are as happy as we make up our minds to be, so goes the saying. But happiness is the result of right actions. We prepare for it daily. We chart our course. Many of us have to first determine where we want to go before we can decide on the chart. We have perhaps passively floated along for years. But now the time is right to navigate, to move toward a goal.
We may have fears about moving ahead. We can be courageous, however. Strength is at hand, always, if we but ask for it. We can make a small beginning today. And every day, we can do at least one thing we need to do to bring us closer to our goal. Accomplishment, however small, nurtures good feelings. Happiness is the byproduct.
Today is wide open. I will decide on a course of action and move ahead. All around me help is available for the asking.
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
We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world. ~Helen Keller
We chase after joy, like a child after a firefly, being certain that in joy all problems are solved, all questions are answered. Joy has its rewards, and we deserve them. But life has more to teach us.
We need to learn patience; through patience we come to respect time and its passage, and we are mellowed. We need to learn tolerance; through tolerance our appreciation of another's individuality is nurtured. We need to learn self-respect; self-respect prepares us to contribute more freely to our experiences, and we find wholeness.
Life's travails are our opportunities for lasting, enriching joy. The rough spots deepen our understandings. And these help us to bring joy to the lives of the friends near and dear.
Action for the Day: I need not turn my back on joy. But I will be glad for all life's experiences. The panorama will sustain me more fully.
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
Prayer and Meditation
We liked A.A. all right, and were quick to say that it had done miracles.
But we recoiled from meditation and prayer as obstinately as the
scientist who refused to perform a certain experiment lest it prove
his pet theory wrong. Of course we finally did experiment, and
when unexpected results followed, we felt different, in fact; we
*knew* different; and so we were sold on meditation and prayer.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) p. 97
Thought to Ponder
Life is fragile, handle with prayer.
AA-related 'Alconym'
P R A Y E R = Praying Regularly Allows Your Everyday Recovery
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Establish a target
by Ralph Marston
What’s the best outcome you can imagine? Go into the situation expecting to get that outcome.
Expect the best, and if reality doesn’t match your expectations, go to work on that reality. Work relentlessly in the direction of your expectations.
Your expectations dictate what you’re willing to accept and what you’re not willing to accept, from yourself, from others. Set those expectations high and your results will follow accordingly, because you’ll see to it that they do so.
Your expectations won’t magically materialize into reality. What they will do is firmly establish a target.
That target exerts influence whether you’re consciously thinking about it or not. Your choices, your actions, your level of performance will aim toward your expectations.
Expect the best. And you’ll instinctively focus your efforts, your energy, everything you have, on making it so.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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