Friday, March 6, 2020
Today's Gift
Life is made up of desires that seem big and vital one minute, and little and absurd the next. I guess we get what's best for us in the end. —Alice Caldwell Rice
It is often said that we will be granted our heart's "pure desires." When we have many unmet desires, maybe we should be grateful. Wants, ultimately not for our good, can open the way to many unneeded and painful experiences.
How often we sit, wishing for a better job, a more loving relationship, a different weather forecast. How seldom we take positive advantage of what is at hand, not realizing that whatever is, right now, is the ticket to the next act in the drama of our lives.
We have before us a very limited picture. We cannot possibly know just what we need to travel the distance that's in store for us. Our desires, when they are pure, will carry us to the right destination. They are inspired. But the desires that are motivated by our selfish egos will lead us astray. Many times in the past we did not give up those desires. And the painful memories linger.
Desiring the Universe's will is my most fruitful desire. It's also what is best for me; thus, what I need. All things are working for good when I let my higher power determine my desires.
From Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women by Karen Casey ©
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
What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner. ~Colette
Colette was a French writer whose books give us a sense of a life fully lived. Yet even she regretted that she hadn’t appreciated her good fortune earlier on. It was only while writing that she learned to see how lucky and happy she was and to praise life.
Many of us are also late in realizing how rich our lives have been. It is often only in retrospect that we can see the beauty and feel the joy. How beautiful that day was! How much I was loved! How lucky I was to have such good friends around me! What a creative child!
Why didn’t we see what was happening in front of our very eyes? Why couldn’t we seize the moment? It is good to remember; but it is also splendid to live in the present and cherish each moment while it is happening.
Action for the Day: I will learn to let go and live in the intensity of the here and now.
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
We usually conclude the period of meditation with a prayer
that we be shown all through the day what our next step is
to be, that we be given whatever we need to take care of such
problems. We ask especially for freedom from self-will, and
are careful to make no request for ourselves only. We may
ask for ourselves, however, if others will be helped.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 87
Thought to Ponder
Life is fragile, handle with prayer.
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
Instead of obsessing over the problems, you can be working on the solutions. Where you’re headed is a much more meaningful concern than where you’ve been.
Don’t be held back by thoughts of what might go wrong. Now is your opportunity to do all you can to make sure things go right.
Choose right now to take life in stride. Remind yourself that you can do just fine with whatever life sends your way.
On the down days, let your dreams pull you up. On the up days, let those dreams push you even faster ahead.
There is goodness in all that’s around you. There is some kind of positive value to be found in every experience.
See that goodness, and bring that value to life. Joyfully, confidently step into this beautiful moment and make its new richness your own.
Instead of obsessing over the problems, you can be working on the solutions. Where you’re headed is a much more meaningful concern than where you’ve been.
Don’t be held back by thoughts of what might go wrong. Now is your opportunity to do all you can to make sure things go right.
Choose right now to take life in stride. Remind yourself that you can do just fine with whatever life sends your way.
On the down days, let your dreams pull you up. On the up days, let those dreams push you even faster ahead.
There is goodness in all that’s around you. There is some kind of positive value to be found in every experience.
See that goodness, and bring that value to life. Joyfully, confidently step into this beautiful moment and make its new richness your own.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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