Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Today's Gift
Have some fun. Loosen up a bit. Enjoy life!
We do not have to be so somber and serious. We do not have to be so reflective, so critical, so bound up within the rigid parameters and ourselves others, and often ourselves, have placed around us.
This is life, not a funeral service. Have some fun with it. Enter into it. Participate. Experiment. Take a risk. Be spontaneous. Do not always be so concerned about doing it right, doing the appropriate thing.
Do not always be so concerned about what others will think or say. What they think and say are their issues not ours. Do not be so afraid of making a mistake. Do not be so fearful and proper. Do not inhibit yourself so much.
The Universe did not intend us to be so inhibited, so restricted, so controlled. These repressive parameters are what other people have imposed on us, what we have allowed to be done to us.
We were created fully human. We were given emotions, desires, hopes, dreams, and feelings. There is an alive, excited, fun loving child in us somewhere! Let it come out! Let it come alive! Let it have some fun - not just for two hours on Saturday evening. Bring it with us. Let it help us enjoy this gift of being alive, being fully human, and being who we are!
So many rules. So much shame we've lived with. It simply isn't necessary. We have been brainwashed. It is time now to free ourselves, let ourselves go, and enter fully human into a full life.
Don't worry. We will learn our lessons when necessary. We have learned discipline. We will not go awry. What will happen is that we will begin enjoying life. We will begin enjoying and experiencing our whole self. We can trust ourselves. We have boundaries. We can afford to experiment and experience. We are in touch with the Universe and ourselves. We are being guided, but a frozen, inanimate object cannot be guided. it cannot even be moved.
Have some fun. Loosen up a bit. Break a few rules. The Universe won't punish us. We do not have to allow people to punish us. And we can stop punishing ourselves. As long as we're here and alive, let's begin to live.
Today, I will let myself have some fun with life. I will loosen up a bit, knowing I won't crack and break. Higher Power, help me let go of my need to be so inhibited, proper, and repressed. Help me inject a big dose of life into myself by letting myself be fully alive and human.
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
********************************Twenty-Four Hours a DayKeep It Simple
Harmony exists everywhere, as an entity of itself. Our personal attitudes bring the disharmony to a situation. An attitude of love can bless all situations and all people.
The converse is likewise true. We all desire harmony in our relationships. And we will find it, every time we bring an attitude of honest gratitude into a situation.
How we feel, today, about this person or that situation, reflects the strength of our relationship with our Higher Power. When we experience life in the company of our higher power, we will let life flow. We will observe harmony, then, even in the midst of difference.
All of life's elements are moving toward a state of total and perfect harmony. We need not fear. We can trust the company of our higher power and know that every situation, no matter how adverse its appearance, is contributing to a harmonious outcome if we'd but lend a trusting attitude.
Action for the Day: Harmony is everywhere. I will celebrate it. I will trust the present. I will trust the future.
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
I got down on my knees for the first time in thirty years. The prayer
I said was simple. It went something like this: "Higher Power, for eighteen
years I have been unable to handle this problem. Please let me turn
it over to you." Immediately a great feeling of peace descended upon
me, intermingled with a feeling of being suffused with a quiet strength.
I lay down on the bed and slept like a child. An hour later I awoke to
a new world. Nothing had changed and yet everything had changed.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (The Man Who Mastered Fear) p. 251
Thought to Ponder
No Higher Power, no peace --- know Higher Power, know peace.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F A I T H = Fear And Insecurity? Trust in a Higher Power
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html
***************************Daily MotivationExcerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
Whatever you’re doing, you’ll be more effective at it when you enjoy yourself and the world around you. Who would you rather deal with -- someone who has a genuine desire to spread joy, or someone who moans and complains all the time?
There are plenty of reasons to be angry or depressed, but what will it get you? Better to stand up straight, look up, smile, then go forward with confidence and joy. You’ll see beauty all around you, and you’ll find golden opportunities in the most unlikely places.
Whatever you want to have, or do, or be, the first step is gratitude. Be appreciative of what you already have. When you focus on abundance and joy, they will grow in your life.
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