Thursday, March 19, 2020
Today's Gift
Where is the yesterday that worried us so? —Joan Walsh Anglund
In the fairy tale The Last Dream of the Old Oak Tree, the oak tree felt sorry for the dayfly. The dayfly only lives for one day, and the tree was already 365 years old. But the dayfly was so enjoying their one-day that the tree's sympathy puzzled them. The dayfly said to the tree, "You may have thousands of my days, but I have thousands of moments to be pleased and happy in."
And so the dayfly continued to dance in the sun and smell the clover and honeysuckle. Their day ended as happily as they spent it, and they settled down on a blade of grass.
If all of us could approach our day the way the dayfly does, as though this were our only day, we would spend less time worrying about yesterday and tomorrow.
How can I show my gratitude for the gift of this day?
From Today's Gift: Daily Meditations for Families ©
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
We cannot create profound stillness. We can allow it. We can move into it. We can receive it. Many of us have been frightened by such a stillness because we are not familiar with the spiritual moment. We felt moved, awestruck, and we may have run to escape that inward moment. Some men are endlessly busy just keeping the stillness at a comfortable distance. Many recovering men have unwittingly thrown themselves into a workaholic life because they were frightened by their emerging spirits.
We can change this pattern by allowing ourselves a little quiet at a time. At first, it may be just a few minutes alone. We may be more able to meet the stillness outdoors, or we can learn to be still in the presence of someone else. The stillness is a moment of meditation. It is contact with our Higher Power.
Action for the Day: Today, I will ask my Higher Power to give me the courage to allow spiritual experiences to be part of my life.
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
All of us felt at times that we were regaining control, but such
intervals—usually brief—were inevitably followed by still less
control, which led in time to pitiful and incomprehensible
demoralization. We are convinced to a person that alcoholics
of our type are in the grip of a progressive illness.
Over any considerable period we get worse, never better.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (More About Alcoholism) p. 30
Thought to Ponder
When we try to control our drinking, we have already lost control.
AA-related 'Alconym'
H O P E = Happy Our Program Exists
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
Live with hope but not only with hope. Live with hope, acting upon that hope each day.
Hope is not realized in an instant and not without persistent effort. Let your hope give you the energy and drive necessary to fulfill its promise.
Employ hope not to deny or escape reality but to improve reality. Hope is always called for when it calls you to positive action.
Hope deserves more than to be an empty wish. Hope can engage the power of your whole being, and there’s no limit to where that will lead.
Hope is about more than an eventual outcome. Hope is about your attitude and your inspiration all along the way.
Give hope its due. Make use of the power it gives you to persist in doing good and valuable things.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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