The Work-In: Daily Motivation 8-11-2020

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Today's Gift

Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn't you all of the expectations, all of the beliefs and becoming who you are. ~ Rachel Naomi Remen

Let healing energy flow through your body.

The healing energy of our Higher Powers, the Universe and life surrounds us. It is available, waiting for us to draw on it, waiting for us to draw it in. It's waiting on the words of a whispered meditation, in a gentle touch, a positive word, a positive thought. Healing energy is in the sun, the wind, and the rain, in all that is good.

Let healing energy come. Attract it. Accept it. Let it soak in. Breathe in the golden light. Exhale. Let go of fear, anger, hurt, and doubt. Let healing energy flow to you, through you.

It is yours for the asking, for the believing.

Today, I will ask for, and accept, the healing energy from my Higher Power and the Universe. I will let it flow to me, through me, and back out to others. I am part of, and at one with, the continuous cycle of healing.

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

I'd like to get away from earth awhile and then come back to it and begin again. --Robert Frost

Do we think it's weak to need a break? Do we ignore the need to recharge our batteries? Responsibility for our own lives requires us to recognize the need to restore our energy. Maybe our former escape from the world was by using food, or drugs, or spending money, or sexual release, or preoccupation with another person.

Now, since we are developing the ability to be with ourselves, we can take a break from the world and come back restored. This meditation time generates more energy for our lives. Recreation with friends, a walk, a movie, or a concert does the same. Taking responsibility to get away is a good cure for self-pity and exhaustion.

Action for the Day: Today, I will be aware of my need to restore my energy.

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

Faith
We finally saw that faith in some kind of Higher Power was a part of our make-up,
just as much as the feeling we have for a friend. Sometimes we had to
search fearlessly, but They were there. They were as much a fact as we were.
We found the Great Reality deep down within us.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) p. 55

Thought to Ponder
I saw, I felt, I believed.

AA-related 'Alconym'
W I L L I N G = When I Live Life, I Need Goodness.

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

Choose positive

by Ralph Marston

It’s nearly impossible to change someone else’s attitude. It’s surprisingly easy to change your own.

A negative perspective will waste your time, blunt your effectiveness, ruin your day. Fortunately, you can get rid of it the moment you decide to do so.

Stop looking backward at the unfortunate, undesirable things that may have happened. Start looking forward to a future that’s open and available for you to influence.

You don’t have to automatically let the frustrating circumstances frustrate you. Decide instead to be amused by them.

Smile at the troubles, thankful that you’re able to recognize them and deal with them. Enjoy the fact that you’re alive and experiencing whatever you are experiencing.

Being positive is just as reasonable, just as accessible as being negative. Choose positive, and choose a more enjoyable journey to a much more favorable destination.

From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/