Monday, June 22, 2020
Today's Gift
The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of a room, not to try to do or be anything whatsoever. —May Sarton
A whole world can be seen through even the smallest window. Knowing this can help us slow down and enjoy everyday events. We can listen to the regular rhythms of letter carriers and school children, dogs and delivery trucks, city buses and song birds playing out a piece of their daily lives outside the window.
We can greet the letter carrier who comes up the walk, feed the robin who lands on the sill, wave to the kids who've found a shortcut through our backyards on their way home from school.
It is not necessary, today, for us to fill our lives with important meetings, gala parties, expensive treats, toys, or outings to be happy. There is a whole world to be discovered just outside the nearest window.
What worlds lie on the other side of my window today?
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
It is important that we look for beauty. There are beautiful things in the world each and every day, if we only know how to see.
In recovery, in serenity, beauty is everywhere—even in pain and suffering—if we only know how to see.
How good am I at seeing all the beauty there is to see?
Higher Power, help me to use my recovery, my new vision, to see beauty.
Action for the Day: Today I will practice looking for beauty in my life.
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
But now it appears that there are certain things which only
the individual can do. All by their self, and in the light of their own
circumstances, they need to develop the quality of willingness.
When they acquire willingness, they are the only one who can make
the decision to exert their self. Trying to do this is an act of their own
will. All of the Twelve Steps require sustained and personal exertion
to conform to their principles and so, we trust, to our Higher Power's will.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Three) p. 40
Thought to Ponder
Willpower ... our will-ingness to use a Higher Power.
AA-related 'Alconym'
W H O = Willingness, Honesty, Open-mindedness
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
Look on the bright side. It won’t cost you anything, and yet it will benefit you greatly.
Let your first word be a genuine smile. It will encourage others to listen to the rest of what you way.
When things go wrong, spend more time looking forward than backwards. For that is how you will find a successful way out.
When others criticize you, be truly thankful and appreciative. For you’ve just learned a valuable lesson.
When conditions change unexpectedly, respond with renewed energy and enthusiasm. For a whole new set of valuable opportunities has just been created.
Yes, you can live in the dark shadows of gloom and dismay, but why would you ever choose that for yourself? Choose instead to live on the bright side, and enjoy how great life can be.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
Look on the bright side. It won’t cost you anything, and yet it will benefit you greatly.
Let your first word be a genuine smile. It will encourage others to listen to the rest of what you way.
When things go wrong, spend more time looking forward than backwards. For that is how you will find a successful way out.
When others criticize you, be truly thankful and appreciative. For you’ve just learned a valuable lesson.
When conditions change unexpectedly, respond with renewed energy and enthusiasm. For a whole new set of valuable opportunities has just been created.
Yes, you can live in the dark shadows of gloom and dismay, but why would you ever choose that for yourself? Choose instead to live on the bright side, and enjoy how great life can be.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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