Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Today's Gift
Worry is wasting today's time
Cluttering up tomorrow's opportunities
With yesterday's trouble. --Grant Ngobean
Letting Go of Worry
What if we knew for certain that everything we're worried about today will work out fine?
What if . . . we had a guarantee that the problem bothering us would be worked out in the most perfect way, and at the best possible time? Furthermore, what if we knew that three years from now we'd be grateful for that problem, and its solution?
What if . . . we knew that even our worst fear would work out for the best?
What if . . . we had a guarantee that everything that's happening, and has happened, in our life was meant to be, planned just for us, and in our best interest?
What if . . . we had a guarantee that the people we love are experiencing exactly what they need in order to become who they're intended to become? Further, what if we had a guarantee that others can be responsible for themselves, and we don't have to control or take responsibility for them?
What if . . . we knew the future was going to be good, and we would have an abundance of resources and guidance to handle whatever comes our way?
What if . . . we knew everything was okay, and we didn't have to worry about a thing? What would we do then?
We'd be free to let go and enjoy life.
Today, I will know that I don't have to worry about anything. If I do worry, I will do it with the understanding that I am choosing to worry, and it is not necessary.
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
Once there was a teacher who was having nightmares about doing a good job. In one dream, he couldn't find his classroom and he had to run from building to building. In another dream, he started teaching the lesson in the middle of the woods and didn't notice he was in the wrong place!
Then one Sunday morning, he read an article about a wonderful baker. She baked every day, started bakeries, and fixed food for her friends, yet when the reporter asked her about her fears, she said, "My most irrational fear is that I've forgotten how to cook."
Suddenly the man felt better. He realized someone else had the same kinds of fears. In a miraculous way, our fears become less powerful when we discover that we share them with other people.
Action for the Day: I will share some of my fears with someone today.
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
If at these points our emotional disturbance happens to be great, we will
more surely keep our balance, provided we remember, and repeat to
ourselves, a particular prayer or phrase that has appealed to us in our
reading or meditation. Just saying it over and over will often enable us to
clear a channel choked up with anger, fear, frustration, or misunderstanding,
and permit us to return to the surest help of all—our search for our Higher Power's will,
not our own, in the moment of stress.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) pp. 102 - 103
Thought to Ponder
I want the gift of an untroubled mind.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A S A P = Always Say A Prayer
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
Most of the things you worry about are not worth the time and trouble you take to worry. And all that needless worry distracts you from other, more productive, creative and joyful things you could be doing.
With every worry also comes the option to let it go. You can feel the worry, see it for what it is, and then choose to immediately walk away from it.
As soon as you do, your mind becomes vastly more clear and more focused. Your spirit experiences a glorious refreshment.
When your mind is filled with worry, just imagine how wonderful it would be to have that heavy burden lifted clean away. Imagine it, and then choose the simple act of doing it.
Choose to walk away from worry, and lift that burden from yourself. In a moment, your worry can be gone.
Breathe in the sweet, refreshing air of freedom, clarity and effectiveness. Walk away from worry, and walk forward with positive purpose.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
Most of the things you worry about are not worth the time and trouble you take to worry. And all that needless worry distracts you from other, more productive, creative and joyful things you could be doing.
With every worry also comes the option to let it go. You can feel the worry, see it for what it is, and then choose to immediately walk away from it.
As soon as you do, your mind becomes vastly more clear and more focused. Your spirit experiences a glorious refreshment.
When your mind is filled with worry, just imagine how wonderful it would be to have that heavy burden lifted clean away. Imagine it, and then choose the simple act of doing it.
Choose to walk away from worry, and lift that burden from yourself. In a moment, your worry can be gone.
Breathe in the sweet, refreshing air of freedom, clarity and effectiveness. Walk away from worry, and walk forward with positive purpose.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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