Monday, January 6, 2020
Today's Gift
If the best person's faults were written on their forehead, it would make them pull their hat over their eyes. ~Gaelic proverb
When we deal with our faults and imperfections, we are dealing with the basic issues of being a person. We can become bitter and cynical about the imperfections of others, or we can realize every person is incomplete but growing, just as we are. The way we look at the faults in others and the way we look at our own are closely tied together. In our spiritual journey, we must begin with the premise that no person ever achieves perfection.
Perfection apparently is not what this life is about at all, since perfection is nonexistent. We are lovable, and we can love in the process of living our lives. Since we are not perfect, we have to be accountable. We must have standards for our behavior and hold ourselves to those standards, admitting our mistakes and making repairs where we can.
I will try to acknowledge my mistakes and give up the idea of ever becoming perfect.
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
The processes of becoming more human, becoming a real person, and finding spiritual enlightenment are very similar. They require slow growth over time. We can only follow these paths in small steps, one day or one hour at a time. Many of us grew up in families with an addicted parent. We, too, went to great excesses and have been abusive to others and ourselves. Because of these problems, we developed a distorted outlook on life. Now we still demand quick and complete fixes for recovery.
Our program says, "Look to this day." It is a difficult path to learn, but we only take it in small steps. There are no instant fixes for any human being. Yet, when we surrender to the reality of life, we are given the gift of true humanity. We feel like real people, we love others, and we enjoy the pleasure of true contact with them.
Action for the Day: Today I will be grateful I can be a part of the process. Help me give up my drive to control it.
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
We saw that we had to reconsider or die. We found many in A.A,
who once thought as we did. They helped us to get down to our
right size. By their example they showed us that humility and
intellect could be compatible, provided we placed humility first.
When we began to do that, we received the gift of faith,
a faith which works. This faith is for you, too.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Two) p. 30
Thought to Ponder
Faith is our greatest gift;
its sharing with others our greatest responsibility.
AA-related 'Alconym'
C H A N G E D = Choosing Humility Allows New Growth Each Day
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html
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Daily Motivation
by Ralph Marston
Before you dive headlong into the scramble to get more and more, step aside. Take a moment to let yourself be overwhelmed with gratitude for all you have.
Your choices matter, all of them. And you’ll always make better choices when you come from a perspective of gratitude.
You’ve worked your whole life to get where you are, to have what you have. Whatever that encompasses, the more you respect and appreciate it, the more you can make of it.
There is great value in your life, and great potential value as well. Gratitude shines a bright light on all that value, enabling you to make the most of it.
Gratitude gives you the ability to see the positive aspects of each situation. That positions you and equips you to achieve useful, beneficial results.
Whatever the challenge, whatever the activity, whatever the ambition, gratitude makes you more genuine, more purposeful, more effective. Begin by being thankful for what is, and you’ll soon be thankful for even more.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
Before you dive headlong into the scramble to get more and more, step aside. Take a moment to let yourself be overwhelmed with gratitude for all you have.
Your choices matter, all of them. And you’ll always make better choices when you come from a perspective of gratitude.
You’ve worked your whole life to get where you are, to have what you have. Whatever that encompasses, the more you respect and appreciate it, the more you can make of it.
There is great value in your life, and great potential value as well. Gratitude shines a bright light on all that value, enabling you to make the most of it.
Gratitude gives you the ability to see the positive aspects of each situation. That positions you and equips you to achieve useful, beneficial results.
Whatever the challenge, whatever the activity, whatever the ambition, gratitude makes you more genuine, more purposeful, more effective. Begin by being thankful for what is, and you’ll soon be thankful for even more.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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