Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Today's Gift
Any time you sense you are getting overrun by outside influences and losing your feelings, put your attention inside your body. Relax..., let your breath sink low..., breathe in your abdomen... —ANNE KENT RUSH
When we are feeling as though all our energy is scattered throughout our bodies, we need to practice centering, or focusing this energy into one place. Our center may change from day to day, and each of us feels it differently.
When we're walking, we may feel power coming from our hips and spreading through the body, heart, and mind. When we're in a meditative mood, we may feel warm energy at the back of the head. At other times, we might feel a real centering place in the middle of the chest, right where our heart and arms and breathing come together. There is no one way to be at peace. Centering is a way for each of us to find and picture to ourselves our focused energy. When we can do this, we increase our power to bring about those things we want from life, those things we really do deserve.
Where is my energy right now?
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
I don't precisely know what you need to do to take care of yourself. But I know you can figure it out. --Beyond Codependency
Rest when you're tired.
Take a drink of cold water when you're thirsty.
Call a friend when you're lonely.
Ask the Universe to help when you feel overwhelmed.
Many of us have learned how to deprive and neglect ourselves. Many of us have learned to push ourselves hard, when the problem is that were already pushed too hard.
Many of us are afraid the work wont get done if we rest when were tired. The work will get done; it will be done better than work that emerges from tiredness of soul and spirit. Nurtured, nourished people, who love themselves and care for themselves, are the delight of the Universe.
They are well timed, efficient, and Divinely led.
Action for the Day: Today, I will practice loving self-care.
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
Learning daily to spot, admit, and correct these flaws
is the essence of character-building and good living.
An honest regret for harms done, a genuine gratitude
for blessings received, and a willingness to try for better
things tomorrow will be the permanent assets we shall seek.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 95
Thought to Ponder
Gratitude is a tool, a form of perspective,
reminding me to appreciate the simple things.
AA-related 'Alconym'
H U G S = Hope, Unity, Gratitude, Serenity
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
Do something today you can feel good about. Make it something you’ll continue to feel good about tomorrow, next year.
Plenty of things happen that you have no control over. Yet there’s always something good you can do, for yourself, for others, or just because you want to.
Bring to mind a particularly pleasant memory, and feel the warmth as it coats your awareness. Now, think what you can do today to create a similar memory that will endure for years to come.
There’s no need for it to be expensive or spectacular, in order for it to be good. You have more than enough goodness inside you, and you can simply let it express itself.
Make this a day you can always feel good about. Start with a genuine smile, and then follow the energy of that smile wherever it leads.
Give your life a good experience today. And give your world a more positive, cheerful version of yourself.
Do something today you can feel good about. Make it something you’ll continue to feel good about tomorrow, next year.
Plenty of things happen that you have no control over. Yet there’s always something good you can do, for yourself, for others, or just because you want to.
Bring to mind a particularly pleasant memory, and feel the warmth as it coats your awareness. Now, think what you can do today to create a similar memory that will endure for years to come.
There’s no need for it to be expensive or spectacular, in order for it to be good. You have more than enough goodness inside you, and you can simply let it express itself.
Make this a day you can always feel good about. Start with a genuine smile, and then follow the energy of that smile wherever it leads.
Give your life a good experience today. And give your world a more positive, cheerful version of yourself.
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