Friday, January 24, 2020
Today's Gift
You have got to know what it is you want, or someone is going to sell you a bill of goods somewhere along the line that can do irreparable damage to your self esteem, your sense of worth, and your stewardship of the talents that the Universe gave you. —Richard Nelson Bolles
In life, getting to know ourselves sometimes means developing a new form of toughness. As we deepen our relationships with ourselves, we have a clearer sense of what we care about, what is truly important, and what is not. Certainly we have learned there is evil in the world. Harm does come to good people and the good side does not always win. So we must be people who know ourselves and are not pushovers when our basic values and needs are challenged. We leave room for being wrong, and we continue to grow and learn. But we stand up for what we believe as we see it today.
We must not join the forces that would put us down or destroy us. Those negative forces are within us more often than they are outside. Wherever they come from, knowing clearly what we want and care about is our strongest defense.
I will seek the wisdom to know my values and the strength to defend my beliefs.
From Touchstones: A Book of Daily Meditations for Men ©
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
"Why do I do this to myself?" asked a woman who wanted to lose weight. "I went to my support group feeling so guilty and ashamed because I ate half a cookie that wasn't on the diet. I found out that everyone cheats a little, and some people cheat a lot. I felt so ashamed before I came to the group, as though I were the only one not doing my diet perfectly. Now I know that I'm dieting as well as most, and better than some."
Why do we do this to ourselves? I'm not talking strictly about dieting; I'm talking about life. Why do we punish ourselves by thinking that we're inferior while believing that others are perfect—whether in relationships, recovery, or a specific task?
Whether we're judging others, or ourselves it's two sides of the same coin: perfection. Neither expectation is valid.
It is far more accurate and beneficial to tell ourselves that who we are is okay and what we are doing is good enough. That doesn't mean we won't make mistakes that need correcting; doesn't mean we won't get off track from time to time; doesn't mean we can't improve. It means with all our mistakes and wandering, we're basically on course. Encouraging and approving of ourselves is how we help ourselves stay on track.
Action for the Day: Today, I will love and encourage myself. I will tell myself that what I'm doing is good enough, and I'll let myself enjoy that feeling.
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
Next we launched out on a course of vigorous action, the first step
of which is a personal housecleaning, which many of us had never
attempted. Though our decision was a vital and crucial step, it could
have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous
effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves which had been
blocking us. Our liquor was but a symptom.
So we had to get down to causes and conditions.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) pp. 63 - 64
Thought to Ponder
Delay is dangerous, and rebellion may be fatal.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A B C = Accept, Begin, Continue
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
Choose sincerity
by Ralph Marston
Don’t hide yourself from yourself and others. Pretense provides nothing of value in the present, and nothing but regret in the future.
This day is too beautiful to spend it as someone you’re not. Allow your own true beauty the space to live and to flourish.
In all those choices you make, choose sincerity. Enjoy knowing and sharing the power of the real you.
You are so much more than a flat, boring, predictable image. You are the essence of life itself, complex, vulnerable, curious, loving, and passionate.
Forget about whether it will make you look good or not. Do what you care about, what makes a real difference, what resonates with all you love and value.
Be the real you and live the real richness. Nothing you could pretend is as valuable and precious as who you truly are.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
Don’t hide yourself from yourself and others. Pretense provides nothing of value in the present, and nothing but regret in the future.
This day is too beautiful to spend it as someone you’re not. Allow your own true beauty the space to live and to flourish.
In all those choices you make, choose sincerity. Enjoy knowing and sharing the power of the real you.
You are so much more than a flat, boring, predictable image. You are the essence of life itself, complex, vulnerable, curious, loving, and passionate.
Forget about whether it will make you look good or not. Do what you care about, what makes a real difference, what resonates with all you love and value.
Be the real you and live the real richness. Nothing you could pretend is as valuable and precious as who you truly are.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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