Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Today's Gift
Once I accept things as they are, I can create things as they might be. ~Mike O.
Nothing so ties us to the past as regret. Think about it. It is almost impossible to venture forth while facing backward.
But today’s reality is what we must accept and work with. What was is gone. All we can do in the here and now is to accept it as it is without rage or blame, without regret or resentment. All the voting has already been done that made today be what today is.
Ah, but the future! Tomorrow! That’s quite a different matter. Today, we vote for what tomorrow will be. Today’s seeds are tomorrow’s harvest; today’s struggle is tomorrow’s victory.
When we accept today as it is without regret, we shuck off the terrible burden of self-pity with all its “shoulds,” “if onlys,” and “what ifs.” A thousand “ifs” don’t equal a single “is.” When we build on accepted reality, we build on solid rock.
Now I choose. From this day forward, the choice is mine!
From Days of Healing, Days of Joy by Earnie Larsen and Carol Larsen Hegarty © 1987
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
It's the moment that's important. Each moment holds choice. Our spirits grow through working our program moment to moment. Moments lead to days, days to years, and years to a life of honest recovery.
It will be the moments of choice that we remember. The moment we call a friend instead of being alone.
The moment we decide to go for a walk instead of arguing with our partner. The moment we decide to go to an extra meeting instead of drinking or using other drugs. The moments lead us to our Higher Power.
These moments teach us that we're human, that we need others. At these moments, we know others care about us--our joys, and our struggles.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me remember that my recovery is made up of many moments of choice.
Action for the Day: I'll look back over the last twenty-four hours. What moments come to mind? Why were they important to me.
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
Open Minded
Faced with alcoholic destruction, we soon became as open minded
on spiritual matters as we had tried to be on other questions. In this
respect alcohol was a great persuader. It finally beat us into a state
of reasonableness. Sometimes this was a tedious process; we hope
no one else will be prejudiced for as long as some of us were.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) p. 48
Thought to Ponder
Minds are like parachutes -- they won't work unless they're open.
AA-related 'Alconym'
H O W _ N O W = Honest, Open-minded, Willing; No Other Way
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
Taste what you have not ever tasted. Look upon what you have not ever seen.
Think about what you have never before considered. Introduce yourself to those you do not know.
This day is not here to be a repeat of yesterday. Treasure and be thankful for all you know, and act on every opportunity to add to it.
Turn down a road where you’ve never traveled. Explore an opinion that conflicts with your own.
Yes, it’s good to find comfort and strength in what’s reliable and predictable. Yet you’ll also draw great energy and inspiration from what surprises you, from what you didn’t know was there.
Challenge your concepts of what life can be. And you’ll continually discover new and wonderful worlds.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
Taste what you have not ever tasted. Look upon what you have not ever seen.
Think about what you have never before considered. Introduce yourself to those you do not know.
This day is not here to be a repeat of yesterday. Treasure and be thankful for all you know, and act on every opportunity to add to it.
Turn down a road where you’ve never traveled. Explore an opinion that conflicts with your own.
Yes, it’s good to find comfort and strength in what’s reliable and predictable. Yet you’ll also draw great energy and inspiration from what surprises you, from what you didn’t know was there.
Challenge your concepts of what life can be. And you’ll continually discover new and wonderful worlds.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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