Friday, October 4, 2019
Today's Gift
Problems have only the size and the power that you give them.
We will not be free from all difficulties today, or during any period of our lives. But we have the personal power to eliminate the threat, the sting of any challenge. But it's our vision of circumstances that gives them their interpretation.
At this moment, we are defining our experience. We are labeling events good or bad, valuable or meaningless. And our growth, particularly this day, is greatly influenced by the value judgments we attach to our experiences.
As we grow stronger emotionally and spiritually, we learn that all difficulties are truly opportunities for exceptional growth and increased awareness of the truth of existence. All experiences can be taken in stride if we are trustful of their intended blessing.
We are sharing this life, every moment of it, with a power greater than ourselves. We need not worry about any circumstance. Always we are watched over. We never need struggle alone.
We can let go of our problems. It's ourselves and that attitude we have cultivated that makes any situation a problem. We can turn it loose and therein discover the solution.
I will not make mountains out of the molehills of my life.
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
Love smooths all ruffles. All situations are calmed, all tension is eased. The expression of love is a balm on all wounds, particularly our own. Feeling love toward the people in our lives today will boost our spirits; our personal difficulties will lessen. We'll discover resolution. The answers we've been searching for become known to us when we concentrate less on our problems and more on the gift of love we can give to the travelers we encounter today.
The solutions to our problems are seldom found in our heads. They burst forth from our hearts. We suddenly seem to know what to do. Perhaps someone else's words or behavior will trigger the inspiration we've longed for. We can let our concern today be on the moment and the experience. We can let its power wash over us, and in the wake we'll find the answers we search for.
When we're brittle, cold to others, we close off whatever messages are being directed to us. Our love for others softens us; making it possible for the words and ideas we await to permeate us.
Action for the Day: If I am in need today, if I have a problem that wants a solution, I will reach out to others with love. They'll hand me my answer in return.
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
Progress
"Day by day, we try to move a little toward our Higher Power's perfection.
So we need not be consumed by maudlin guilt for failure to achieve
Their likeness and image by Thursday next. Progress is our aim, and
Their perfection is the beacon, light-years away, that draws us on."
- As Bill Sees It, p. 15
Thought to Ponder
Spiritual progress isn't what gets us sober, it's what keeps us sober.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F R O G = Fully Rely On God
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
It’s easy to complain when you suffer a setback. Easy, and useless. It’s easy to find someone or something to blame. Yet that rarely improves the situation.
When you get knocked down, the thing to do is to get back up. Quickly. Successful people experience just as many setbacks as anyone else, if not more. The difference between success and failure is not in the number of times you get knocked down. The difference is in how fast you get back up.
Blaming and complaining just add to the recovery time. So they’re worse than a waste -- they’re a hindrance. When you hear yourself starting to complain, stop. Stop, and ask yourself what you can do to make it better. What action can you take? What response will make a positive difference? What will quickly get you back on your feet.
Leave the blaming and complaining to others. There are plenty of people willing to do it. Instead, get back up. Focus on moving forward. And you will.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
It’s easy to complain when you suffer a setback. Easy, and useless. It’s easy to find someone or something to blame. Yet that rarely improves the situation.
When you get knocked down, the thing to do is to get back up. Quickly. Successful people experience just as many setbacks as anyone else, if not more. The difference between success and failure is not in the number of times you get knocked down. The difference is in how fast you get back up.
Blaming and complaining just add to the recovery time. So they’re worse than a waste -- they’re a hindrance. When you hear yourself starting to complain, stop. Stop, and ask yourself what you can do to make it better. What action can you take? What response will make a positive difference? What will quickly get you back on your feet.
Leave the blaming and complaining to others. There are plenty of people willing to do it. Instead, get back up. Focus on moving forward. And you will.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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