Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Today's Gift
Limited expectations yield only limited results. —Susan Laurson Willig
Schoolchildren perform according to the expectations their teachers have of them. Likewise, what we achieve depends greatly on what we believe about ourselves, and too many of us have too little belief in ourselves. Perhaps we grew up in a negative household or had non-supportive relationships. But we contributed, too, in our negative self-assessment. The good news is that it no longer needs to control us.
We can boost our own performance by lifting our own expectations, even in the absence of support from others. It may not be easy, but each of us is capable of changing a negative self-image to a positive one. It takes commitment to ourselves, a serious relationship with our higher power, and the development of positive, healthy relationships with others.
It's true; we can't control other people in our lives. And we can't absolutely control the outcome of any particular situation. But we can control our own attitudes. Interestingly, when we've begun tagging ourselves competent and capable, instead of inadequate, we find that other people and other situations become more to our liking, too.
I will be fair with myself. I can do what I need to do wherever I am today. Only I can hold myself down.
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
Empathy we can give. Empathy we can find, and it comforts. But our pain, the depth of it, can never be wholly shared, fully understood, actually realized by anyone other than ourselves. Alone, each of us comes to terms with our grief, our despair, even our guilt.
Knowing that we are not alone in what we suffer, makes the difficulties each of us must face easier. We haven't been singled out, of that we're certain. Remembering that our challenges offer us the lessons we need in the school of life makes them more acceptable. In time, as our recovery progresses, we'll even look eagerly to our challenges as the real exciting opportunities for which we've been created.
Suffering prompts the changes necessary for spiritual growth. It pushes us like no other experience to our Higher Power—for understanding, for relief, for unwavering security. It's not easy to look upon suffering as a gift. And we need not fully understand it; however, in time, its value in our lives will become clear.
Action for the day: I will not be wary of the challenges today. I will celebrate their part of my growth.
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
Pride
Pride lures us into making demands upon ourselves or upon
others which cannot be met without perverting or misusing our
God-given instincts. When the satisfaction of our instincts for
sex, security, and society becomes the sole object of our lives,
then pride steps in to justify our excesses.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Four) p. 49
Thought to Ponder
Swallowing my pride will not get me drunk.
AA-related 'Alconym'
P R I D E = Pretty Ridiculous Individual Directing Everything
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
Life goes right
by Ralph Marston
Occasionally, things go wrong. Yet an overwhelming profusion of things go right, each and every moment.
Every leaf on every tree bears witness to the fact that life goes right, over and over again. Every cell in your body, precisely situated, enables you to do all you do.
You’re able to notice the disorder only because the underlying order is so ubiquitous. What makes a problem a problem is because it is so rare.
When the problems do come, gain great power over them by putting them in perspective. Draw upon the vast accumulation of goodness in your life.
When things go wrong, open yourself to the power of all that continues to go right. Boost your confidence, raise your expectations, engage your energy, and push forward.
You’ve persisted through every difficulty you’ve ever encountered. Much more often than not, life goes right, and there’s a way through this difficulty too.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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