Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Today's Gift
The measure of a person's real character is what they would do if they knew they could never be found out. —Thomas Macaulay
Remember the tale about the poor, tired shoemaker who cut out his last bit of leather and awoke to find a beautiful pair of shoes sewn for him? Night after night two little elves secretly worked from midnight to dawn sewing shoes to help the old craftsman. Helping the shoemaker without his knowing who they were made the elves very happy, and they danced and sang as they worked away. These elves knew their reward was in the doing of the good deed, not in the discovery of them doing it.
What secret gift of kindness can I give today?
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
Love is something if you give away, you end up having more. --Malvina Reynolds
The other side of giving is taking. Many of us were brought up to believe that it's not okay to take, so we diminish admiration that people give us. "Oh, this old rag, I got it at a garage sale for next to nothing." This response to a compliment can take away the joy of giving it from the person who admired the way we looked.
Giving needs taking to complete it. We can keep the cycle of generosity going by taking gracefully. A world without those who take would be unbalanced. When someone gives us love, appreciation, or a gift, we can show our real pleasure with a simple thank you, and stop thinking we don't deserve it.
Action for the Day: I will accept what's given to me today in the spirit it's offered.
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
A Fearless Admission
So far as alcoholics are concerned, A.A. would go even further.
Most of us would declare that without a fearless admission of
our defects to another human being we could not stay sober.
It seems plain that the grace of our Higher Power will not enter to expel
our destructive obsessions until we are willing to try this.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Five) pp. 56 - 57
Thought to Ponder
The first step in overcoming mistakes is to admit them.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F E A R = Face Everything And Recover
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
Give a little kindness
by Ralph Marston
Give a little kindness to the world today. Give a little kindness, and you’ll see how it much it grows. For the kindness you give never goes away. The more you give, the more there is.
Even when it seems that the kindness you give is not being appreciated, there is real value in it. Even when it seems that it doesn’t mean anything to anyone else, it means something to you.
Give a little kindness, and it will keep you positively focused. Give a little kindness, and it will help you to see a new world of rich possibilities.
Invest your time and effort in kindness, and there is no limit to the good it can bring. For a kindness, once offered, can keep on replicating itself long after you’ve forgotten about it.
And eventually that kindness, after going and growing through the many lives it touches, will come back to you. You may not even recognize it because of how much bigger and more beautiful it has grown.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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