Monday, September 30, 2019
Today's Gift
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them? —Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
We choose the lives we lead. We choose sadness or happiness; success for failure; dread or excited anticipation. Whether or not we are conscious of our choices, we are making them every moment.
Accepting full responsibility for our actions is one of the requirements of maturity. Not always the easiest thing to do, but necessary to our further development. An unexpected benefit of accepting our responsibility is that it heightens our awareness of personal power. Our well being is within our power. Happiness is within our power. Our attitude about any condition, present or future, is within our power, if we take it.
Life is "doing unto us" only what we allow. And it will favor us with whatever we choose. If we look for excitement, we'll find it. We can search out the positive in any experience. All situations present seeds of new understanding, if we are open to them. Our responses to the events around us determine whatever meaning life offers. We are in control of our outlook. And our outlook decides our future.
This day is mine, fully, to delight in - or to dread. The decision is always mine.
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
What makes our home special? Is it the shape of it, or whether or not we have carpeting? Probably not.
More likely, what makes us love a place is how we feel when we are there. Home is the familiarity of pleasant smells, activities, and special people.
And when we are caught by the beauty of the stars, isn't it something that happens inside us--the breathtaking feeling of joy that is so hard to describe? The beauty of a day or a special person in our lives cannot be captured, but it can fill and warm our hearts.
Action for the day: I will measure beauty today by what I feel inside.
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
In 1941, a news clipping was called to our attention by a
New York member. In an obituary notice from a local paper,
there appeared these words: "God grant us the serenity to accept
the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things
we can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
Never had we seen so much A.A. in so few words.
With amazing speed the Serenity Prayer came into general use.
- As Bill Sees It, p. 108
Thought to Ponder
Life is fragile, handle with prayer.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A S A P = Always Say A Prayer
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
State of the world
by Ralph Marston
When you see things as better than they really are, you’re more likely to let up on your efforts. When you perceive things as worse then they are, you’re more likely to give up on your efforts.
The situation is rarely as bad as it seems, or as good as it seems. Even more significantly, the situation will change.
Whether you feel on top of the world, or crushed underneath all its pressure, or somewhere in between, your best choice is the same. Keep up your good, effective efforts.
Discouragement in the difficult times and complacency in the good times can rob you of your best possibilities. Decide not to indulge in either one.
Instead, do the very best work you can do, with what you have, in the situation you’re in. Let go of your need to continually judge the state of the world, and put your energy into improving it.
Things are as they are, and things will change. Do your part to make those changes as good and beneficial for as many people as possible.
When you see things as better than they really are, you’re more likely to let up on your efforts. When you perceive things as worse then they are, you’re more likely to give up on your efforts.
The situation is rarely as bad as it seems, or as good as it seems. Even more significantly, the situation will change.
Whether you feel on top of the world, or crushed underneath all its pressure, or somewhere in between, your best choice is the same. Keep up your good, effective efforts.
Discouragement in the difficult times and complacency in the good times can rob you of your best possibilities. Decide not to indulge in either one.
Instead, do the very best work you can do, with what you have, in the situation you’re in. Let go of your need to continually judge the state of the world, and put your energy into improving it.
Things are as they are, and things will change. Do your part to make those changes as good and beneficial for as many people as possible.
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