Friday, July 24, 2020
Today's Gift
Remember to be honest with yourself. Denial is how we often get stuck in the same place in life. --Author Unknown
Denial is a powerful tool. Never underestimate its ability to cloud your vision.
Be aware that, for many reasons, we have become experts at using this tool to make reality more tolerable. We have learned well how to stop the pain caused by reality - not by changing our circumstances, but by pretending our circumstances are something other than what they are.
Do not be too hard on yourself. While one part of you was busy creating a fantasy reality, the other part went to work on accepting the truth.
Now, it is time to find courage. Face the truth. Let it sink gently in.
When we can do that, we will be moved forward.
I ask the Universe to give me the courage and strength to see clearly.
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
To live fully and creatively, to contribute what is only ours to give, requires that we be receptive, wholly, to the reverberations of each present moment. Even anticipation of what may transpire next can prejudice our minds, our level of awareness. Preconceptions cloud our senses. They prevent the actual situation from being fully realized. And it is only in the now, as sensed moment by moment, that we find our cues to proceed along the path chosen for us.
As we grow more comfortable with Step Three, daily turning our lives and wills over to the care of our Higher Power, we'll see how much more rewarding our experiences are. We'll see, too, how much greater are our own contributions. Preconceptions of any situation, persons, anticipated experience, dulls the magic, the depth of the moment. And only when we attune ourselves to the invitation of the moment do we give of ourselves, wholly. Our partnership with our Higher Power lives now, as we go forth in this moment.
Today's Action: I will look to each moment with childish eyes. I'll find joy and contentment.
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
If we have been thorough about our personal inventory, we have written
down a lot. We have listed and analyzed our resentments. We have begun to
comprehend their futility and their fatality. We have commenced to see their
terrible destructiveness. We have begun to learn tolerance, patience and good
will toward all people, even our enemies, for we look on them as sick people.
We have listed the people we have hurt by our conduct,
and are willing to straighten out the past if we can.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 70
Thought to Ponder
Clear vision for tomorrow comes only after a real look at yesterday.
AA-related 'Alconym'
S O B R I E T Y = Staying Off Booze Recovery Is Everything To You
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
Once we truly know that life is difficult --
once we truly understand and accept it --
then life is no longer difficult. -- M. Scott Peck
Many times we make problems worse by not wanting to even admit they exist. It seems easier to simply avoid the problem, rather than face up to it and deal with it. Ultimately, the avoidance becomes more painful than the original problem.
Ironically, the best way to limit life’s pain, is to accept that some pain is necessary. Accept that life is full of problems, and that it is through the pain of resolving these problems, that we learn and grow.
Many people live in a constant state of denial, afraid of the pain it would cause to look their situation straight in the eye. Yet, as soon as you get past that denial, your situation has already improved. You’re able to see the mistakes you’ve made in the past, and to learn from your experience. You’re able to clearly evaluate your current situation, and construct a workable, realistic plan for your life.
Realize that, though you are responsible for your actions, who you are is not defined by what you have done. Everyone makes mistakes. Detach yourself from your problems, and then look at them realistically, with the goal of solving them.
Life if full of challenges. Have the courage to look at them clearly, and you’ll see that they are all opportunities in disguise.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
Once we truly know that life is difficult --
once we truly understand and accept it --
then life is no longer difficult. -- M. Scott Peck
Many times we make problems worse by not wanting to even admit they exist. It seems easier to simply avoid the problem, rather than face up to it and deal with it. Ultimately, the avoidance becomes more painful than the original problem.
Ironically, the best way to limit life’s pain, is to accept that some pain is necessary. Accept that life is full of problems, and that it is through the pain of resolving these problems, that we learn and grow.
Many people live in a constant state of denial, afraid of the pain it would cause to look their situation straight in the eye. Yet, as soon as you get past that denial, your situation has already improved. You’re able to see the mistakes you’ve made in the past, and to learn from your experience. You’re able to clearly evaluate your current situation, and construct a workable, realistic plan for your life.
Realize that, though you are responsible for your actions, who you are is not defined by what you have done. Everyone makes mistakes. Detach yourself from your problems, and then look at them realistically, with the goal of solving them.
Life if full of challenges. Have the courage to look at them clearly, and you’ll see that they are all opportunities in disguise.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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