Tuesday, April 27, 2020
Today's Gift
What I do today is important because I am exchanging a day of my life for it. ~Hugh Mulligan
We show self-respect in how we choose to spend our time. Do we give tasks the time required for our best efforts? Or do we feel unworthy of quality work? Do we have a right to stop working and just play? Are we worth spending time with—just ourselves, or do we feel meaningful time is only spent with others? Are we worth caring enough about to enjoy bathing, grooming, or getting haircuts? Do we care enough about ourselves to see a dentist or a physician when needed?
Choices about how we use our time are basic ethical and creative choices. Beyond self-respect and care, we need to put time into our day for nourishing and enriching our spirits. We do that by reading something thoughtful or meaningful, talking to a friend about the events and feelings of our lives, listening to music, fixing a pleasant meal, exercising, and giving unpaid time and energy to worthwhile causes.
I am grateful for the gift of another day, and I will live it creatively and respectfully.
From Touchstones: A Book of Daily Meditations for Men ©
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
None of us knows anything for sure about the future. We don’t know if we’ll be sober tomorrow. But we can be sure of this moment. We get sober by moments. Our sober moments then stretch into hours, days, and years. Our program tells us to live in the present moment. This is because we can control this moment. We can’t control the past or the future. We need to have a sense of control in our life. In our illness, we were out of control. This was because we wouldn’t live from moment to moment.
Each moment is filled with as much life as we can handle. Each moment is filled with enough to keep us alive, interested, and growing!
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me find You in each moment.
Action for the Day: Today I’ll stop and focus on the present moment. I will work to see how much control I can have if I stay with the moment at hand.
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
To those who have made progress in A.A., it amounts to a clear
recognition of what and who we really are, followed by a sincere
attempt to become what we could be. Therefore, our first practical
move toward humility must consist of recognizing our deficiencies.
No defect can be corrected unless we clearly see what it is.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Five) p. 58
Thought to Ponder
Learning is the very essence of humility;
the two walk hand in hand.
AA-related 'Alconym'
C H A N G E D = Choosing Humility Allows New Growth Each Day
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
You’ve taken a long journey to get where you are. Give yourself some respect for all that effort.
Realize how strong your experiences have made you. Think of all you can now do with that strength.
Feel the confidence of knowing how many challenges you’ve successfully worked through. Point that confidence forward, to transcend current challenges, to reach new meaningful goals.
After every setback, you find a way to keep going. From every achievement, you carry new value, hope, and energy into the future.
It certainly has never all been easy, and yet you’ve experienced much goodness, joy, and fulfillment along the way. Now you’ve established more momentum than ever before, to continue your journey through life’s great richness.
Look back for a moment with appreciation, and feel the full power of that momentum. Then look ahead with fresh enthusiasm, and continue to journey on.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
You’ve taken a long journey to get where you are. Give yourself some respect for all that effort.
Realize how strong your experiences have made you. Think of all you can now do with that strength.
Feel the confidence of knowing how many challenges you’ve successfully worked through. Point that confidence forward, to transcend current challenges, to reach new meaningful goals.
After every setback, you find a way to keep going. From every achievement, you carry new value, hope, and energy into the future.
It certainly has never all been easy, and yet you’ve experienced much goodness, joy, and fulfillment along the way. Now you’ve established more momentum than ever before, to continue your journey through life’s great richness.
Look back for a moment with appreciation, and feel the full power of that momentum. Then look ahead with fresh enthusiasm, and continue to journey on.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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