The Work-In: Daily Motivation 9-3-2020

Thursday, September 3, 2020

Today's Gift

It is clear the future holds opportunities - it also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to seize the opportunities, avoid the pitfalls, and get back home by 6:00. —Woody Allen

Sometimes we take ourselves far too seriously. We draw our lives in the absolutes of black and white, with no shadings of gray. We believe our whole lives depend on every decision we make. When a problem comes along, we see it as a crisis rather than another of the ongoing issues that confront all people. If we are displeased with someone, or if a person is upset with us, we amplify the feelings until we rupture the whole relationship.

It would be helpful to look at today's tasks and problems as a game. Yes, we would like to play the game well, but we could have a good time while doing it. If we don't take our problems or ourselves too seriously, maybe we'll have some fun.

Help me learn that daily living needs the light of humor.

From Touchstones: A Book of Daily Meditations for Men ©

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

Into each life some rain must fall. Some days must be dark and dreary. --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Coping with problems and weathering troubled times - is part of life. Those of us who have survived painful experiences have a duty to help younger ones prepare to face bad times by sharing the solutions we found.

When stormy weather comes, we need to feel we are like other people. It's not that misery loves company, but that we don't want to feel we're in this alone.

We will never have perfect living conditions. The only place where every day is a sunny one is in the desert. When pain comes, we can walk through our problems and settle things quickly, rather than prolonging the hurt by battling our way around the obstacles in an effort to avoid them.

Action for the Day: I will confront and eliminate one problem today.

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

Acquiring Faith
We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way
by which faith can be acquired. If what we have learned and felt
and seen means anything at all, it means that all of us, whatever
our race, creed, or color are the children of a living Creator with
whom we may form a relationship upon simple and understandable
terms as soon as we are willing and honest enough to try.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 28

Thought to Ponder
Faith dares the soul to go beyond what the eyes can see.

AA-related 'Alconym'
K I S S = Keeping It Simple, Spiritually

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

This is going to be fun

by Ralph Marston

How often do you contemplate a dreaded task and say to yourself “this is going to be a real pain"? What do you accomplish by talking to yourself like that? You end up making the task worse than it already is. Is that really what you want?

Certainly there are things you don’t want to do, which nevertheless must be done. That’s why you need to get your own attitude working for you, rather than against you.

Instead of saying to yourself “this is going to be a pain” tell yourself that “this is going to be fun.” It may seem absurd at first, but think about that. The very absurdity is itself a kind of fun, so you’re already on your way.

There are probably people who would give anything for the opportunity to do some of the things which you consider unpleasant. The difference is in the attitude, not the task. And you can control your attitude. Make it fun and get it done.

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