Friday, February 21, 2020
Today's Gift
If you are depressed, you are living in the past, if you are anxious, you are living in the future, if you are at peace, you are living in the present. -Lao Tzu
The present moment is all we have. Yes, we have plans and goals, a vision for tomorrow. But now is the only time we possess. And it is enough.
We can clear our mind of the residue of yesterday. We can clear our mind of fears of tomorrow. We can be present, now. We can make ourselves available to this moment, this day. It is by being fully present now that we reach the fullness of tomorrow.
Have no fear, child, a voice whispers. Have no regrets. Relinquish your resentments. Let Me take your pain. All you have is the present moment. Be still. Be here Trust.
All you have is now. It is enough.
Today, I will affirm that all is well around me, when all is well within.
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
Yesterday is gone, but its experiences will be reflected in those of today. We learned from both the good and the bad situations of yesterday. Where we travel today, likewise, will influence our direction tomorrow. We can't do over what has gone before, but we can positively incorporate all that life is offering us from this moment forth.
We are moving toward greater understanding of life's mysteries with each experience. As today unfolds, we can be moved by the adventures. What we experience is ours alone and will contribute to the unfolding of our special destiny. We move forward, only forward. The doors behind us are closed forever.
Facing what comes to us, with strength, is a gift from the Universe we share. Letting go of the yesterdays and the last years is another gift offered by the Universe. And trust that what we face along with what we let go will weave the pattern of our rightful unfolding--that is the ultimate gift given to us by the Universe.
Action for the Day: I need never go back again. I am spared that. My destiny lies in the future. And I can be certain it will bring me all that I desire, and more.
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
Resistance
Besides a seeming inability to accept much on faith, we often found
ourselves handicapped by obstinacy, sensitiveness, and unreasoning
prejudice. Many of us have been so touchy that even casual reference
to spiritual things made us bristle with antagonism. This sort of thinking
had to be abandoned. Though some of us resisted, we found no great
difficulty in casting aside such feelings.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) pp. 47 - 48
Thought to Ponder
Pain is the measure of our resistance to change.
AA-related 'Alconym'
P E A C E = Providing Experienced Attitude Changes Everyday
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
Give yourself some love. Give your world some goodness.
Fortify your words, thoughts, actions, with truth. Invigorate your relationships with thoughtfulness, with kindness.
Refresh your sense of purpose by choosing what is good, just because it is good. Find great joy in life’s beauty without needing to possess it, or control it, or consume it.
Leave behind the weariness of struggling to keep up deceptive appearances. Feel the sweet relief of allowing authenticity.
Carry hope into dark corners where it has been missing for too long. Allow peace to settle upon ground that has been exhausted by strife.
With your choices, your perspective, your energy, enable life to flourish at its highest level. Envision true betterment, for yourself, for all, and let your life be its faithful advocate.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
Give yourself some love. Give your world some goodness.
Fortify your words, thoughts, actions, with truth. Invigorate your relationships with thoughtfulness, with kindness.
Refresh your sense of purpose by choosing what is good, just because it is good. Find great joy in life’s beauty without needing to possess it, or control it, or consume it.
Leave behind the weariness of struggling to keep up deceptive appearances. Feel the sweet relief of allowing authenticity.
Carry hope into dark corners where it has been missing for too long. Allow peace to settle upon ground that has been exhausted by strife.
With your choices, your perspective, your energy, enable life to flourish at its highest level. Envision true betterment, for yourself, for all, and let your life be its faithful advocate.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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