Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Today's Gift
All of us have a child inside. We may see that child as a friend or as a enemy.
Many of us were taught that growing up meant doing away with our inner child. It was as if being a child was bad and being an adult was good. If we try to be only an adult, the child cries, ”Let me run free and show you the beauty of the world.” If we try to be only a child, we find the adult in using us saying, “It’s time to grow up.”
Let’s find a balance. Remember, the adult needs the wonder found in the eyes of the child. Remember, the child needs the loving care of the adult. The child lives where we find our spirit. Our Higher Power is the prefect balance of the two.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me be both the child and the adult. I need both.
Action for the Day: Today, I’ll make time to be a child and to be an adult.
Sense of Purpose
Those of us who have spent much time in the world of spiritual
make-believe have eventually seen the childishness of it. This dream
world has been replaced by a great sense of purpose, accompanied
by a growing consciousness of the power of a Higher Power in our lives.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 130
Thought to Ponder
A spiritual awakening is our greatest gift.
AA-related 'Alconym'
S O B E R = Spiritually On Beam; Everything's Right
Help make the world
Education should be the process of helping everyone to discover their uniqueness. ~Leo Buscaglia
We are each special, which means there is not another person just like ourselves. Nobody looks just like us. Nobody's voice sounds quite like our own. And nobody thinks through a story just like we do.
Each of us has been created for a special purpose. Maybe it's for what we'll teach a friend, or the way we'll help a family member. Every day will give us chances to offer our special talents to others. Our being alive is the Universe's way of proving that we're important to the family, the community, and the world.
What important task lies before me today?
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
In every real person a child is hidden that wants to play.---Friedrick Nietzsche
In every real person a child is hidden that wants to play.---Friedrick Nietzsche
All of us have a child inside. We may see that child as a friend or as a enemy.
Many of us were taught that growing up meant doing away with our inner child. It was as if being a child was bad and being an adult was good. If we try to be only an adult, the child cries, ”Let me run free and show you the beauty of the world.” If we try to be only a child, we find the adult in using us saying, “It’s time to grow up.”
Let’s find a balance. Remember, the adult needs the wonder found in the eyes of the child. Remember, the child needs the loving care of the adult. The child lives where we find our spirit. Our Higher Power is the prefect balance of the two.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me be both the child and the adult. I need both.
Action for the Day: Today, I’ll make time to be a child and to be an adult.
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
Sense of Purpose
Those of us who have spent much time in the world of spiritual
make-believe have eventually seen the childishness of it. This dream
world has been replaced by a great sense of purpose, accompanied
by a growing consciousness of the power of a Higher Power in our lives.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 130
Thought to Ponder
A spiritual awakening is our greatest gift.
AA-related 'Alconym'
S O B E R = Spiritually On Beam; Everything's Right
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Help make the world
by Ralph Marston
Your laughter will inspire the world today. Let it ring loudly and often.
Your thankfulness will give life its beauty today. Your love makes the entirety of existence worth all the trouble.
Your actions will make life richer today. Your thoughts and words and feelings will bring new substance to the wonder that is life.
Your awareness will inform and improve things. Your curiosity will make a whole new set of experiences possible.
Whatever you do will matter very much, going far beyond you and coming back in wonderful ways you cannot even imagine. So do, and do, and do some more, with authentic joy and boundless, delighted generosity.
Your life will help make the world what it is today. Live it for all it can be, and more.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
Your laughter will inspire the world today. Let it ring loudly and often.
Your thankfulness will give life its beauty today. Your love makes the entirety of existence worth all the trouble.
Your actions will make life richer today. Your thoughts and words and feelings will bring new substance to the wonder that is life.
Your awareness will inform and improve things. Your curiosity will make a whole new set of experiences possible.
Whatever you do will matter very much, going far beyond you and coming back in wonderful ways you cannot even imagine. So do, and do, and do some more, with authentic joy and boundless, delighted generosity.
Your life will help make the world what it is today. Live it for all it can be, and more.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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