Friday, July 5, 2019
Today's Gift
Those who are mentally and emotionally healthy are those who have learned when to say yes, when to say no, and when to say whoopee! —Willard S. Krabill
We have fallen into many difficulties because of poorly defined personal boundaries. Some of us never learned to say no to our mothers and felt invaded or ruled by them. Or we never truly said no to our fathers - never went through a teenage rebellion to establish ourselves as adults. Others have gotten stuck saying no and have never learned to yield and say yes.
Boundary problems have been part of the difficulty in many areas of our lives. We've told ourselves we have no right to our yes or no, or we've said we're strong enough to sacrifice for someone else, or we've welcomed the escape from ourselves in discarding our choice. Not saying no when we needed to or not saying yes when we wanted to has led many of us into doctors' offices, lost jobs, resentments, and bad relationships. Now the inner voice of our Higher Power is showing us our limits and encouraging us to stand up for them.
I am learning to know myself by defining my boundaries and choosing when and when not to cross them.
From Touchstones: A Book of Daily Meditations for Men ©
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
As we are changed by our experiences, that which we know also changes. Our experiences foster growth and enlightenment, and all awarenesses give way to new understandings. We are forever students of life blessed with particular lessons designed only for us. There is joy in knowing that learning has no end and that each day offers us a chance to move closer to becoming the persons we are meant to be.
To understand something more deeply requires that we be open to the ideas of others, willing to part with our present opinions. Life offers us many opportunities to trade in the understandings we've outgrown. Throughout our lives we have discovered new interpretations of old ideas. And we will continue to expand our understanding.
Every situation, every person, every feeling, every idea has a slightly different hue each time we encounter it. The wonder of this is that life is forever enriched, forever fresh.
Action for the Day: Each moment offers me a chance to know better who I am and to understand more fully the real contribution that is mine to make in this life. I will let the anticipation of my changing ideas excite 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
Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and
prayer is the sense of *belonging* that comes to us.
We no longer live in a completely hostile world.
We are no longer lost and frightened and purposeless.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) p. 105
Thought to Ponder
We will suffer a great poverty until we know
that our Higher Power lives in us and we can see Them there.
AA-related 'Alconym'
Y A N A = You Are Not Alone
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
Events didn’t work out the way you planned. What if that turns out to be a good thing?
You didn’t get what you wanted. Perhaps that is making room in your world for something even better.
There are a whole lot of great things in life that you don’t even know about yet. Just because one or two matters didn’t work out to your satisfaction, isn’t the end of the world.
Consign your disappointment to yesterday. Today, and tomorrow, and every day from now on, you have the chance to move far beyond it.
Life is filled with beautiful people, places, experiences, and countless other treasures. Don’t deny all that richness to yourself for any reason.
Get up, go forward, get out and live, learn, love, discover, and live some more. The moment is new and your life is ready for the best you can put into it.
Events didn’t work out the way you planned. What if that turns out to be a good thing?
You didn’t get what you wanted. Perhaps that is making room in your world for something even better.
There are a whole lot of great things in life that you don’t even know about yet. Just because one or two matters didn’t work out to your satisfaction, isn’t the end of the world.
Consign your disappointment to yesterday. Today, and tomorrow, and every day from now on, you have the chance to move far beyond it.
Life is filled with beautiful people, places, experiences, and countless other treasures. Don’t deny all that richness to yourself for any reason.
Get up, go forward, get out and live, learn, love, discover, and live some more. The moment is new and your life is ready for the best you can put into it.
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