The Work-In: Daily Motivation 12-19-2019

Thursday, December 19, 2019

Today's Gift

This whole level of wholeness is a place where I am able to show up as a full human being with all of my gifts to the table to be a part of this organization. That leads to a great feeling of inclusiveness because what it allows me then to do is to bring this real, authentic self to the table and to really love the work that I do. - Kimo Kippen

Work Roles

How easy it is to dive into roles at work. How easy it is to place other people in roles. Sometimes, this is necessary, appropriate, and expedient.

But we can also let our self-shine through our role.

There is joy in giving our gift of skill at work, at giving ourselves to the task at hand so thoroughly that we experience an intimate relationship with our work. There is joy when we create or accomplish a task and can say, "Well done!"

There is also joy when we are our self at work, and when we discover and appreciate those around us.

The most unpleasant, mundane task can be breezed through when we stop thinking of ourselves as a robot and allow ourselves to be a person.

Those around us will respond warmly when we treat them as individuals and not job defined roles.

This does not mean we need to become inappropriately entangled with others. It means that, whether we are an employer or an employee, when people are allowed to be people who perform tasks instead of task performers, we are happier and more content people.

Today, I will let myself shine through my task at work. I will try to see others and let them shine through too - instead of looking only at their tasks. Higher Power, help me be open to the beauty of others and myself at work. Help me maintain healthy relationships with people at work.

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

The People, though we think a
great entity when we use the word,
means nothing more than so many
--- millions of individual people. James Bryce

I am an individual. I am unique. I am special. Today I am able to enjoy my difference. I do not have to put energy into being the same as friends or neighbors. I do not need to please people in order to feel good about myself. Today I am my own person.

The Universe made us varied and different in so many ways, and yet so many of us spend our time trying to be the same. The effort exerted to achieve the lowest common
denominator is exactly that: the lowest. My spiritual self demands that I be
honest with who I am and what I feel. My self-worth is rooted in my individuality. In
my difference is my soul.

Action for the Day: I do my best to always remain true to my individuality.

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

Steps Eight and Nine
Now we need more action, without which we find that
"Faith without works is dead." Let's look at Steps Eight
and Nine. We have a list of all persons we have harmed
and to whom we are willing to make amends. We made
it when we took inventory. We subjected ourselves to a
drastic self-appraisal. Now we go out to our fellows and
repair the damage done in the past..
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 76

Thought to Ponder
It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes
and to make amends for them.

AA-related 'Alconym'
A C T I O N = Any Change To Improve Our Nature

From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html

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Daily Motivation

Think with quality

by Ralph Marston

Let yourself think with quality, with purpose. Give space, time, consideration, and respect to the thoughts that come into your mind.

You have much to tell yourself. Take the time, every now and then, to listen, to consider.

Expand on those thoughts, question them, nurture them. Challenge them to be more clear, more specific, more useful, pragmatic, compassionate, enlightened and compelling.

Allow your thoughts to lead you beyond what is comfortable and familiar. Refuse to let the same predictable thoughts play over and over again in your mind.

Empower your thinking by putting real effort and quality time into it. Broaden your thinking by venturing deeply, respectfully, into the words and thoughts of others.

Your thinking drives and directs your life. Put your energy and intention into doing it well.

From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/