Monday, March 16, 2020
Today's Gift
Once your mindset changes, everything on the outside will change along with it. Steve Maraboli
Positive Energy
It's so easy to look around and notice what's wrong.
It takes practice to see what's right.
Many of us have lived around negativity for years. We've become skilled at labeling what's wrong with other people, our life, our work, our day, our relationships, our conduct, and ourselves.
We want to be realistic, and our goal is to identify and accept reality. However, this is often not our intent when we practice negativity. The purpose of negativity is usually annihilation.
Negative thinking empowers the problem. It takes us out of harmony. Negative energy sabotages and destroys. It has a powerful life of its own.
So does positive energy. Each day, we can ask what's right, what's good - about other people, our life, our work, our day, our relationships, ourselves, our conduct.
Positive energy heals, conducts love, and transforms. Choose positive energy.
Today, Higher Power help me let go of negativity. Transform my beliefs and thinking, at the core, from negative to positive. Put me in harmony with the good.
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
The well-known saying “There is nothing to fear but fear itself” seems somewhat simplistic, as does the advice to always “choose love instead of fear.
How do we actually embody these bits of wisdom?
We begin by learning the art of centering by focusing on our breath whenever fear or anxiety starts to grab us. Centering allows us to blend and flow with the current situation rather than block and resist it. Instead of reacting habitually, we pause and begin with our breath. We slowly breathe in through our nose and then hold that breath for a count of four. Next, we breathe that breath out through pursed lips, relaxing our facial muscles, for a count of eight. We repeat this process until we calm down.
With each breath, we can intentionally allow our abdominal breathing to get slower, quieter, and more regular, which communicates to our entire nervous system that we are safe. Breathing in, we are present to whatever is. Breathing out, we calm ourselves. Our breath is the bridge from where we are to where we’d like to be. We ride the waves of our breath to a calmer, safer place, where we can more easily problem-solve and take positive action.
Action for the Day: Whenever any strong emotions threaten to overwhelm me, I can practice the art of centering.
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
Sense of Relief
Once we have a complete willingness to take inventory, and exert
ourselves to do the job thoroughly, a wonderful light falls upon this
foggy scene. As we persist, a brand-new kind of confidence is born,
and the sense of relief at finally facing ourselves is indescribable.
These are the first fruits of Step Four.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Four) pp. 49 - 50
Thought to Ponder
Clear vision for tomorrow comes only after a real look at yesterday.
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
by Ralph Marston
Give to yourself the time, the space, the discipline, the faith to grow stronger. And you will.
Allow yourself to heal, to learn, to let go, to forgive, to live. Offer honesty and patience to every moment, every circumstance.
Notice the doubts, the fears, and then see that you can rise above them. That you can face the unknown with confidence and positive intention.
Remember that wherever you find yourself, you can always stay pointed toward where you want to go. And even if it’s just one small step at a time, you can always keep going that direction.
Use your time in a purposeful way, and time will always be on your side. Utilize the ever-changing nature of life as your constant opportunity to change for the better.
Give energy and awareness to your highest possibilities. Give love to every day.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
Give to yourself the time, the space, the discipline, the faith to grow stronger. And you will.
Allow yourself to heal, to learn, to let go, to forgive, to live. Offer honesty and patience to every moment, every circumstance.
Notice the doubts, the fears, and then see that you can rise above them. That you can face the unknown with confidence and positive intention.
Remember that wherever you find yourself, you can always stay pointed toward where you want to go. And even if it’s just one small step at a time, you can always keep going that direction.
Use your time in a purposeful way, and time will always be on your side. Utilize the ever-changing nature of life as your constant opportunity to change for the better.
Give energy and awareness to your highest possibilities. Give love to every day.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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