Thursday, January 16, 2020
Today's Gift
When you do something you are proud of, dwell on it a little, praise yourself for it. —Mildred Newman
Each one of us is very good at something. Maybe it's sports where we display talent. Maybe we're good in at giving reports or a have great artistic talents. A few people are talented at being good listeners or helpful friends. To recognize our own talents we may need help from others. It's always so much easier to see our faults, or the ways we don't meet our own expectations.
But the fact is we are all skilled in many areas of our lives. To accept praise--better yet, to quietly give it to ourselves--is a sign of healthy growth.
What things have I done well lately?
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
We must look around at the people in our lives today, and know that we have something special to offer each of them, and they to us. We do travel separate paths together. We may need to learn tolerance; perhaps a friend's behavior pushes us to be more tolerant.
Impatience may be our nemesis, and everywhere we turn are lines, slow cash registers, traffic jams. Our experiences with others aren't chance. Fellow travelers are carefully selected by the inner self, the spiritual guide who understands our needs in this life.
We are both the teachers and the pupils. We need both our friends and those we may label our enemies for what they can help us learn.
We are both the teachers and the pupils. We need both our friends and those we may label our enemies for what they can help us learn.
Action for the Day: I will carefully look about me today with gladness at the travelers I've selected to learn from.
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 are concerned with personal relationships.
First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have
been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we
have done; and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past,
we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may
develop the best possible relations with every human being we know.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Step Eight) p. 77
Thought to Ponder
The first step in overcoming mistakes is to admit them.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A A = Accountable Actions
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
What would happen if you could be thankful for what you usually complain about? Think of the power in that.
Transformation doesn’t happen just because you want it to. Transformation requires you to think different, to act different than you’ve been acting.
Are you perpetuating a pattern of negative thoughts and undesirable results in some area of your life? Gratitude smashes through that pattern, and positions you to rebuild it in a more beneficial way.
Can you really express your thanks for those things that aggravate you? Yes, you can, and by doing so you transform aggravation into admiration, frustration into enthusiasm.
Do you really want to keep complaining about what’s wrong, or would you rather work on making it right? Gratitude harnesses what was negative energy and enables you to put it to positive use.
Choose to be thankful. And watch yourself transform trouble into treasure.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
What would happen if you could be thankful for what you usually complain about? Think of the power in that.
Transformation doesn’t happen just because you want it to. Transformation requires you to think different, to act different than you’ve been acting.
Are you perpetuating a pattern of negative thoughts and undesirable results in some area of your life? Gratitude smashes through that pattern, and positions you to rebuild it in a more beneficial way.
Can you really express your thanks for those things that aggravate you? Yes, you can, and by doing so you transform aggravation into admiration, frustration into enthusiasm.
Do you really want to keep complaining about what’s wrong, or would you rather work on making it right? Gratitude harnesses what was negative energy and enables you to put it to positive use.
Choose to be thankful. And watch yourself transform trouble into treasure.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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