Monday, October 21, 2019
Today's Gift
Life has got to be lived—that's all there is to it. At 70 I would say the advantage is that you take life more calmly. You know that, "This, too, shall pass!" ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Wisdom comes with age, but also with maturity. It is knowing that all is well in the midst of a storm. And as our faith grows, as we trust more that there is a power greater than ourselves which will see us through, we can relax, secure that a better time awaits us.
We will come to understand the part a difficult circumstance has played in our lives. Hindsight makes so much clear. The broken marriage, the lost job, the loneliness have all contributed to who we are becoming. The joy of the wisdom we are acquiring is that hindsight comes more quickly. We can, on occasion, begin to accept a difficult situation's contribution to our wholeness while caught in the turmoil.
How far we have come! So seldom do we stay caught, really trapped, in the fear of misunderstanding. Life must teach us all we need to know. We can make the way easier by stretching our trust—by knowing fully that the pain of the present will open the way to the serenity of the future.
I know that this, too, shall pass.
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
...You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now. --Joan Baez
How thrilling to contemplate that we can choose every attitude we have and every action we take. We have been gifted with full responsibility for our development. What will we try today? It's our personal choice. How will we decide on a particular issue? Our options are only limited by our vision.
Every situation in life offers us a significant opportunity for making a decision that will, of necessity, influence the remaining situations we encounter. Just as we are interdependent, needing and influencing one another in all instances that bring us together, likewise our decisions are never inviolate. Each is singly important; however, its impact is multiplied by the variety of other decisions triggered.
The choice is ours for livings fully today, for taking advantage of all the opportunities that present themselves. Our personal growths, our emotional and spiritual development, are in our hands. Our Higher Power will provide us with the guidance, and the program offers us the tools. The decision to act is ours, alone.
Action for the day: I will exercise my personal power. My choices determine my development.
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
Discipline
It works—it really does. We alcoholics are undisciplined.
So we let our Higher Power discipline us in the simple way we have just
outlined. But this is not all. There is action and more action.
"Faith without works is dead."
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 88
Thought to Ponder
The Three A's .. Awareness, Acceptance, Action.
AA-related 'Alconym'
S T E P S = Solutions Through Each Powerful Step
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
Use what you have
by Ralph Marston
If you have a whole lot, use what you have. If you have very little, use what you have.
When you have plenty of time, make full use of it. When you have very little time, make full use of it.
Whether you have a little or a lot, or somewhere in between, use what you have. Whether it’s top-notch or bottom-tier, make good use of what you have.
Wishing for a different starting point won’t carry you forward. Instead, go with what you’ve got and work to make it into what you want.
Rather than getting caught up in what you have or don’t have, or the quality or quantity, zero in on what you can do. Whatever the situation, use it to follow your purpose, to express your values, to support and expand what you love.
Center your awareness and your energy around the main issue, which is always this. What good, useful, meaningful things will you do with what you have?
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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