Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Today's Gift
Enjoy the holidays and remember to take time to care for your own needs and emotions. Remember, as the flight attendants say as part of their safety preparations, you need to put on your own oxygen mask first before helping others. --David R. Topor, PhD, MS-HPEd
For some, the sights, signs, and smells of the holidays bring joy and a warm feeling. But, while others are joyously diving into the season, some of us are dipping into conflict, guilt, and a sense of loss.
One of the greatest gifts of the Universe is learning that we are not alone. There are probably as many of us in conflict during the holidays than there are those who feel at peace. We’re learning, through trial and error, how to take care of ourselves a little better each holiday season.
Our first self-care task during the holidays is to accept ourselves, our situation, and our feelings about our situation. We accept our guilt, anger, and sense of loss. It’s all okay.
There is no right or perfect way to handle the holidays. Our strength can be found in doing the best we can, one year at a time.
This holiday season, I will give myself permission to take care of myself.
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
Not that we're getting well. We feel the need for love more than ever. We tried to avoid love by using chemicals to feel good. But it didn't work. Addiction cut us off even more from people. How do we fill our needs for love? We can think about this fact: People give us love all the time. Only we just haven't seen it. Every time someone comes to a meeting to get well with us, that is love. Love isn't all-or-nothing.
Little gems of love are all over. Watch them. Enjoy them. Give them to others.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, love comes from You. Help me see it, and give it.
Action for the Day: I'll look three persons in the eye today and send them love in my smile.
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 Christmas Greeting
Dear Friends:
Gratitude is just about the finest attribute we can have, and how deeply
we of AA realize this at Christmastime. We know that our very lives,
our miraculous new chance to live, to learn, to grow and to serve,
is the supreme gift of Grace which has come to us from a Higher Power who
presides over us all. May we joyfully meditate upon these precious
blessings as never before. -- Bill W.
~AA Grapevine, The December 1963 magazine.
Thought to Ponder
I have learned how a heart full of gratitude feels.
AA-related 'Alconym'
B E S T = Been Enjoying Sobriety Today
Gratitude is just about the finest attribute we can have, and how deeply
we of AA realize this at Christmastime. We know that our very lives,
our miraculous new chance to live, to learn, to grow and to serve,
is the supreme gift of Grace which has come to us from a Higher Power who
presides over us all. May we joyfully meditate upon these precious
blessings as never before. -- Bill W.
~AA Grapevine, The December 1963 magazine.
Thought to Ponder
I have learned how a heart full of gratitude feels.
AA-related 'Alconym'
B E S T = Been Enjoying Sobriety Today
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
by Ralph Marston
The joy of Christmas is, at the heart of it, the joy of life. On Christmas Day we celebrate the gift of life. The brightly colored packages and their contents are mere tokens. The love in which they are given is what brings them their meaning.
And so too with the precious gift of life. The outward appearances and material manifestations are not what really count. They will all too soon rust and fade and crumble. What will last is the love we give, and the love we live, in each moment, in each day, as the years go by.
On a day such as this we have the golden opportunity to remember that, to stop and to sense the reality of what life is truly all about. We remember all over again how good it is to live with love and giving at the top of our list of priorities.
And that in itself is a most wonderful and precious gift, with the power to last a lifetime and beyond.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
The joy of Christmas is, at the heart of it, the joy of life. On Christmas Day we celebrate the gift of life. The brightly colored packages and their contents are mere tokens. The love in which they are given is what brings them their meaning.
And so too with the precious gift of life. The outward appearances and material manifestations are not what really count. They will all too soon rust and fade and crumble. What will last is the love we give, and the love we live, in each moment, in each day, as the years go by.
On a day such as this we have the golden opportunity to remember that, to stop and to sense the reality of what life is truly all about. We remember all over again how good it is to live with love and giving at the top of our list of priorities.
And that in itself is a most wonderful and precious gift, with the power to last a lifetime and beyond.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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