Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Today's Gift
Do we think we can't be happy until others are happy? Then nobody is happy. Our unhappy friends won't take our advice. They say,” Why should I do what you say? You are not happy either." And we answer, "I'll be okay when you're happy." We make them responsible for our happiness. What a mess!
We can only make one person happy---ourselves. How? By living as our Higher Power leads us. By working the Steps. By being grateful for the good things in our lives. By loving ourselves and others, just as we are.
And maybe when we're happy, our friends will learn from us. They can be happy too. But only our friends can make themselves happy.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, as I do my part in Your plan today, help me feel connected to You and to life.
Today's Action: Today I'll enjoy my happiness. I'll look for three ways to share it with others.
The Needed Power
If a mere code of morals or a better philosophy of life were
sufficient to overcome alcoholism, many of us would have
recovered long ago. But we found that such codes and
philosophies did not save us, no matter how much we tried.
We could wish to be moral, we could wish to be philosophically
comforted, in fact, we could will these things with all our might,
but the needed power wasn’t there.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) pp. 44 - 45
Thought to Ponder
I cannot think my way into sober living,
I need to live my way into sober thinking.
AA-related 'Alconym'
H O W = Honesty, Open-mindedness, Willingness
Give goodness
Harmony exists in difference no less than in likeness, if only the same keynote governs both parts. ~Margaret Fuller
Harmony exists everywhere, as an entity of itself. Our personal attitudes bring the disharmony to a situation. An attitude of love can bless all situations and all people.
The converse is likewise true. We all desire harmony in our relationships. And we will find it, every time we bring an attitude of honest gratitude into a situation.
How we feel, today, about this person or that situation, reflects the strength of our relationship with the Universe and our Higher Power. When we experience life in the company of our higher power, we will let life flow. We will observe harmony, then, even in the midst of difference.
All of life's elements are moving toward a state of total and perfect harmony. We need not fear. We can trust the company of our higher power and know that every situation, no matter how adverse its appearance, is contributing to a harmonious outcome if we'd but lend a trusting attitude.
Harmony is everywhere. I will celebrate it. I will trust the present. I will trust the future.
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
Everybody knows that when they're happy, than usually the people around them are happy. --George Harrison
Everybody knows that when they're happy, than usually the people around them are happy. --George Harrison
Do we think we can't be happy until others are happy? Then nobody is happy. Our unhappy friends won't take our advice. They say,” Why should I do what you say? You are not happy either." And we answer, "I'll be okay when you're happy." We make them responsible for our happiness. What a mess!
We can only make one person happy---ourselves. How? By living as our Higher Power leads us. By working the Steps. By being grateful for the good things in our lives. By loving ourselves and others, just as we are.
And maybe when we're happy, our friends will learn from us. They can be happy too. But only our friends can make themselves happy.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, as I do my part in Your plan today, help me feel connected to You and to life.
Today's Action: Today I'll enjoy my happiness. I'll look for three ways to share it with others.
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
The Needed Power
If a mere code of morals or a better philosophy of life were
sufficient to overcome alcoholism, many of us would have
recovered long ago. But we found that such codes and
philosophies did not save us, no matter how much we tried.
We could wish to be moral, we could wish to be philosophically
comforted, in fact, we could will these things with all our might,
but the needed power wasn’t there.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) pp. 44 - 45
Thought to Ponder
I cannot think my way into sober living,
I need to live my way into sober thinking.
AA-related 'Alconym'
H O W = Honesty, Open-mindedness, Willingness
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Give goodness
by Ralph Marston
Give goodness, not in the abstract, but in real places, with real people. Give goodness, not as a vague idea, but to a specific moment.
There’s quite a lot you can do to lift up life, here and now, as you are. And nothing is as satisfying as doing so.
Rather than accumulating more reasons to boast about yourself, give goodness. If you want people to care about what you achieve, pursue achievements that improve their world.
Give goodness because you can. Give goodness because it makes a difference that reverberates through lives, through time.
In ways large, small, and in between, give goodness. In ways that inspire you to give even more, give goodness.
Put your love for life into loving action. Give goodness.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
Give goodness, not in the abstract, but in real places, with real people. Give goodness, not as a vague idea, but to a specific moment.
There’s quite a lot you can do to lift up life, here and now, as you are. And nothing is as satisfying as doing so.
Rather than accumulating more reasons to boast about yourself, give goodness. If you want people to care about what you achieve, pursue achievements that improve their world.
Give goodness because you can. Give goodness because it makes a difference that reverberates through lives, through time.
In ways large, small, and in between, give goodness. In ways that inspire you to give even more, give goodness.
Put your love for life into loving action. Give goodness.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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