Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Today's Gift
What happened to our years of drinking and using other drugs? They seemed to pass so quickly with so little to show for them. We had plans, but we didn’t get where we wanted to go. There was always “tomorrow.”
What a difference today! Now we work a program that helps us really live each day. We’re not losing time out of our lives anymore. Now every day is full of life: sights, sounds, people, feelings---those things we used to miss out on. We have the help of a Higher Power who makes every day important.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me do Your will for me today. I place this day in Your care.
Action for the Day: Be on the lookout today for signs of life!
Our Thinking
On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead.
We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask
our Higher Power to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced
from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 86
Thought to Ponder
Prayer asks the question. Meditation listens for the answer.
AA-related 'Alconym'
PEACE = Praying Energetically Always Creates Ease
Pointing the way
Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it. -Kevyn Aucoin
Morning Cues
There is an important message for us first thing every day.
Often, once we get started with the day, we may not listen as closely to life and ourselves as we do in those still moments when we first awaken.
An ideal time to listen to ourselves is when we are laying quietly, our defenses are down, and we're open and most vulnerable.
What is the first feeling that floods through us, the feeling that perhaps we are trying to avoid during the business of the day? Are we angry, frustrated, hurt, or confused? That is what we need to focus on and work through. That's the issue we need to address.
When you awaken, what is the first idea or thought that enters your mind? Do you need to finish a timely project? Are you in need of a fun day? A restful day?
Do you feel sick and need to nurture yourself? Are you in a negative frame of mind? Do you have an issue to resolve with someone?
Do you need to tell someone something? Is something bothering you? Is something feeling particularly good?
Does an idea occur to you, something you could get or do that would feel good?
When you awaken, what is the first issue that presents itself? You don't have to be fearful. You don't have to rush. You can lay still and listen and then accept the message.
We can define some of our goals for the day by listening to the morning message.
Higher Power, help me let go of my need to be in resistance to the harmonic flow of life. Help me learn to go with the flow and accept the help and support that You have to offer me.
From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©
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
Life is what happens to us while we’re making other plans. --Thomas LaMance
Life is what happens to us while we’re making other plans. --Thomas LaMance
What happened to our years of drinking and using other drugs? They seemed to pass so quickly with so little to show for them. We had plans, but we didn’t get where we wanted to go. There was always “tomorrow.”
What a difference today! Now we work a program that helps us really live each day. We’re not losing time out of our lives anymore. Now every day is full of life: sights, sounds, people, feelings---those things we used to miss out on. We have the help of a Higher Power who makes every day important.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me do Your will for me today. I place this day in Your care.
Action for the Day: Be on the lookout today for signs of life!
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
Our Thinking
On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead.
We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask
our Higher Power to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced
from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 86
Thought to Ponder
Prayer asks the question. Meditation listens for the answer.
AA-related 'Alconym'
PEACE = Praying Energetically Always Creates Ease
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net)
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
Pointing the way
by Ralph Marston
To improve what you do, you must first improve what you want to do. You cannot expect to achieve new, improved results with the same old priorities and desires.
Every success first happens in your own heart, with your own desires. Every achievement is a product of personal commitment.
Your thoughts and actions enable you to make progress in one direction or another. Yet it is your heart that tells you which specific direction to go.
Where you are now is connected to where you previously wanted to be. Where do you want to be next, who do you want to be, how do you truly want to live?
You’re talented and experienced at achieving your desires. Be sure to choose those desires with care.
Every moment brings you closer to the reality of your future. And every moment, your desires are pointing the way.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
To improve what you do, you must first improve what you want to do. You cannot expect to achieve new, improved results with the same old priorities and desires.
Every success first happens in your own heart, with your own desires. Every achievement is a product of personal commitment.
Your thoughts and actions enable you to make progress in one direction or another. Yet it is your heart that tells you which specific direction to go.
Where you are now is connected to where you previously wanted to be. Where do you want to be next, who do you want to be, how do you truly want to live?
You’re talented and experienced at achieving your desires. Be sure to choose those desires with care.
Every moment brings you closer to the reality of your future. And every moment, your desires are pointing the way.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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