Monday, October 14, 2019
Today's Gift
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. ~Sigmund Freud
The truth is our friend. It is a rough and humble kind of friend--but a friend nonetheless. Each of us will need to learn to spend time with this friend because it is one that is not easy to escape. It is always turning up when we least expect it. The truth about ourselves is hard to avoid. It seems to knock at our door until we let it in.
Perhaps we have played the game of hide and seek sometime in our lives. Sometimes we tell little lies about ourselves to impress others, or we act in ways that, deep down, we know are not really the way we want to be. We can never be comfortable this way. We know what it is like to hide and try to keep from being found. The truth about us is an expert player. It seeks us out until we put our arms around it and welcome it.
Is there something I am hiding from today?
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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
Of course fortune has its part in human affairs, but conduct is really much more important. ~Jeanne Detourbey
Behaving the way we honestly and sincerely believe our Higher Power wants us to behave eliminates our confusion. When we contribute in a loving manner to the circumstances involving us, we carry our Higher Power's message; and that's all that's expected of us in this life.
This Universe has involved us in the affairs of many other people. We are needed to listen, to guide, to mentor, to suggest. Each time we have an opportunity to make an impact on another person, it's to our benefit, and theirs too, to let the Universe direct our conduct.
Too often the Universe's message is missed due to our selfish concerns, but it's never too late to begin listening for it. Our Higher Power is forever at hand, awaiting our recognition. We can be mindful that the ease of our lives is directly proportional to the recognition we offer.
Right conduct is never a mystery to us. We may not always choose to do it, but we never fail to know what should be done.
Action for the day: Today I will trust my conscience to be my guide every moment.
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
Self
Selfishness—self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of
our troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion,
self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows
and they retaliate. Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without
provocation, but we invariably find that at some time in the past
we have made decisions based on self which later placed us
in a position to be hurt.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 62
Thought to Ponder
While it isn't always easy, if I keep it simple, it works.
AA-related 'Alconym'
K I S S = Keep It Serenely Simple
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
Let yourself do your best
by Ralph Marston
Don’t let the strength of your intention get in the way of fulfilling that intention. Don’t let your obsession with a specific result diminish the quality of that result.
Let go, and let yourself do your best. Lose yourself in the process, and allow your anxiety to melt away.
Focus, but don’t obsess. Put forth effort, but don’t needlessly escalate it into a struggle.
Know what you are aiming to achieve while keeping your awareness on the step you’re currently taking. Invest yourself in a positive outcome but don’t base your whole identity on that outcome.
Put your energy into making your efforts effective, not into worrying about where your efforts will lead. Build the next level, write the next sentence, make the next call, visualize the next step and take it.
Seek to make it about what you’re doing, not about you, not about what you’ll get. And you’ll enable yourself to consistently work with excellence.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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