Monday, September 14, 2020
Today's Gift
What difference does it make how I am treated by life? My real life is within. —Angela L. Wozniak
It is said that we teach people how to treat us. How we treat others invites similar treatment. Our response to the external conditions of our lives can be greatly altered by our perceptions of those conditions. And we have control of that perception. No experience has to demoralize us. Each situation can be appreciated for its long-term contribution to our growth as a happy, secure person.
No outside circumstances will offer us full time and forever the security we all long for. And in like manner, none will adversely interfere with our well being, except briefly and on occasion.
The Universe offers us the awareness that our security, happiness, and well being reside within. The uplifting moments of our lives may enhance our security, but they can't guarantee that it will last. Only the relationship we have with ourselves and our Higher Power within can promise the gift of security.
The ripples in my day are reminders to me to go within.
From Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women by Karen Casey ©
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
we increase whatever we extol. --Sylvia Stitt Edwards
What outlook are we carrying forth into the day ahead? Are we feeling
fearful about the circumstances confronting us? Do we dread a planned
meeting? Are we worried about the welfare of a friend or lover?
Whatever our present outlook, its power over the outcome of our day
is profound. Our attitude in regard to any situation attracting our attention
influences the outcome. Sometimes to our favor, often to our disfavor if
our attitude is negative.
Thankfulness toward life guarantees the rewards we desire, the rewards
we seek too often from an ungrateful stance. The feeling of gratitude is
foreign to many of us. We came to this program feeling worthless,
sometimes rejected, frequently depressed. It seemed life had heaped
problems in our laps, and so it had. The more we lamented what life
"gave us," the more reasons we were given to lament. We got just
what we expected. We still get just what we expect. The difference is
that the program has offered us the key to higher expectations.
Gratitude for the good in our lives increases the good.
Action for the Day: I have the personal power to influence my day; I will make it a good one.
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
This odd trait of mind and emotion, this perverse wish to hide a bad motive
underneath a good one, permeates human affairs from top to bottom. This
subtle and elusive kind of self-righteousness can underlie the smallest act or
thought. Learning daily to spot, admit, and correct these flaws is the essence
of character-building and good living.
--Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) pp. 94 - 95
Thought to Ponder
Is the life I'm living the life that wants to live in me?
AA-related 'Alconym'
A A = Altered Attitudes
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
Mental discipline
by Ralph Marston
Physical discipline can be difficult. Mental discipline is even more difficult.
Your thoughts are powerful, which is great. And keeping your thoughts focused on what you’re doing demands constant commitment.
Your thoughts will wander if you let them, and there are often times when it’s good to let them. Yet you draw great benefit from being able to keep your thoughts focused in one place for a while.
You are already in control of your thoughts. You just have to set the intention to exercise that control, and continually follow through on that intention.
If you catch your mind wandering off topic, gently nudge it back where you have chosen to keep it. Remind yourself how much you can accomplish when you choose to maintain your mental focus.
Your mind is powerful, yet it can only do so much at once. Make a habit of focusing on a single task for extended periods, and gain maximum benefit from all that power.
Physical discipline can be difficult. Mental discipline is even more difficult.
Your thoughts are powerful, which is great. And keeping your thoughts focused on what you’re doing demands constant commitment.
Your thoughts will wander if you let them, and there are often times when it’s good to let them. Yet you draw great benefit from being able to keep your thoughts focused in one place for a while.
You are already in control of your thoughts. You just have to set the intention to exercise that control, and continually follow through on that intention.
If you catch your mind wandering off topic, gently nudge it back where you have chosen to keep it. Remind yourself how much you can accomplish when you choose to maintain your mental focus.
Your mind is powerful, yet it can only do so much at once. Make a habit of focusing on a single task for extended periods, and gain maximum benefit from all that power.
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