Monday, April 13, 2020
Today's Gift
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along. Eleanor Roosevelt
Letting Go of Fear
Picture yourself swimming floating - peacefully down a gentle stream. All you need to do is breathe, relax, and go with the flow.
Suddenly, you become conscious of your situation. Frightened, overwhelmed with "what if's?" your body tenses. You begin to thrash around, frantically looking for something to grab on to.
You panic so hard you start to go under. Then you remember - you're working too hard at this. You don't need to panic. All you need to do is breathe, relax, and go with the flow. You won't drown.
Panic is our great enemy.
We don't need to become desperate. If overwhelming problems appear in our life, we need to stop struggling. We can tread water for a bit, until our equilibrium returns. Then we can go back to floating peacefully down the gentle stream. It is our stream. It is a safe stream. Our course has been charted. All is well.
Today, I will relax, breathe, and go with the flow.
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
Everything changes. Nothing stays the same. And letting go of the way things are, anticipating instead what they might become, frees us to live each moment more fully.
Time marches on, and our destiny marches with it. There is purpose in how our lives unfold, the ups and downs serve our growth. We must neither resent the doldrums nor savor too long the elation. Giving too much attention to either state interferes with our awareness of the present. And the present has come to teach us.
We must move with time. We must focus our attention on the moment and accept whatever feelings each experience elicits. Emotional maturity is accepting our feelings and letting them go and facing instead the next moment with fresh receptivity. Our lessons are many, and they accompany the lows as well as the highs. We can be grateful for both.
The Universe has taught us freedom from lingering lows. It has given us the tools to move confidently forward, trusting that all is well. Nothing lasts forever, and within each struggle is the opportunity for real growth.
Action for the Day: The highs will pass away, just as will the lows. They visit us purposefully. I will give them their freedom and find mine as well.
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
Selfishness—self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our
troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking,
and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate.
Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we
invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions
based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt.
So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 62
Thought to Ponder
The smallest package in the world is an alcoholic all wrapped up in their self.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A A = Answer Available
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
With this morning, life comes to life again. Brightness and warmth arrive on the wings of a fresh and peaceful breeze.
From the dark depths of despair, hope arises. In the light of this new day, is the promise of better days to come.
There will still be struggle, yet now it will have more purpose. There will again be pain, yet now will be increased strength with which to meet it.
Feel your growing faith in the goodness of what can be. Allow new expectations to energize your vision.
Rise above the aches and anguish that once had held you in their grip. Greet life’s possibilities with renewed confidence, and a deeper love for all that is, all that can be.
Awaken in your entirety to the promise of new goodness. On this day and every day, live to bring that goodness to life.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
With this morning, life comes to life again. Brightness and warmth arrive on the wings of a fresh and peaceful breeze.
From the dark depths of despair, hope arises. In the light of this new day, is the promise of better days to come.
There will still be struggle, yet now it will have more purpose. There will again be pain, yet now will be increased strength with which to meet it.
Feel your growing faith in the goodness of what can be. Allow new expectations to energize your vision.
Rise above the aches and anguish that once had held you in their grip. Greet life’s possibilities with renewed confidence, and a deeper love for all that is, all that can be.
Awaken in your entirety to the promise of new goodness. On this day and every day, live to bring that goodness to life.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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