Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Today's Gift
One must lose one's life in order to find it. —Anne Morrow Lindbergh
We are often so busy trying to control the outcome of the happenings in our daily lives, so intent on projecting our tomorrows that we let life slip by. Life is today. This is all we have for sure - the moments in our lives we cannot hold. Sometimes it feels as if those moments are beyond time and place, gifts from the Universe to receive and give up at the same time. Like a dragonfly that lights on our hand and will either be crushed or will fly away if we try to close our fingers over it.
Life is a series of things to let go of - our friends and loved ones, our children as they grow, our dreams, or our youth. Only we ourselves, our inner selves, are a constant to be found and learned about every day, in the present moment.
How well can I enjoy each moment today?
From Today's Gift: Daily Meditations for Families ©
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
Probably every day of our lives, a plan goes awry. Often we have counted heavily on a particular outcome. We generally assume we have all things under control and know exactly what's best for us, and everyone else as well. But such is not the case. There is a bigger picture than the one we see. The outcome of that picture is out of our hands.
Our vision is limited, and again divinely so. However, we are able to see all that we need to see, today. And more important, if we can trust our inner guidance regarding the events of today, we'll begin to see how each day fills in a shade more of the bigger picture of our lives. In retrospect we can see how all events have contributed, in important ways, to the person we are becoming. Where today's events are leading we can't know, for certain, but we can trust the divine plan.
Action for the Day: I will anticipate with faith what lies ahead today. All experiences carry me forward to fulfill my goal in life. I will be alert for the nudge.
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
Recovered
You may already have asked yourself why it is that all of us became so very ill
from drinking. Doubtless you are curious to discover how and why, in the face of
expert opinion to the contrary, we have recovered from a hopeless condition of
mind and body. If you are an alcoholic who wants to get over it, you may already
be asking—"What do I have to do?" It is the purpose of this book to answer such
questions specifically. We shall tell you what we have done.
--Alcoholics Anonymous, (There Is A Solution) p. 20
Thought to Ponder
Sobriety is the adventure of a lifetime.
And it begins the moment we ask AA for help.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A A = Answer Available
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
Whether you’re careful or careless, rigidly disciplined or loosely organized, here’s something you can expect. Every now and then, storms will come your way.
Sometimes you’ll see them coming a long way off. Other times they’ll pop up out of nowhere.
They will blow, they will disrupt, they may leave some damage behind. And then they will go.
The storms won’t care whether you’re prepared or not. They will not accommodate any prior plans you may have had.
Yet life’s storms will compel you to grow stronger, more capable and resilient. You’ll gain experience, wisdom, confidence, and respect.
Occasionally the storms will come, so do what you must do to get through them. And deepen your appreciation for the clear, beautiful days that arrive after the storms have passed.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
Whether you’re careful or careless, rigidly disciplined or loosely organized, here’s something you can expect. Every now and then, storms will come your way.
Sometimes you’ll see them coming a long way off. Other times they’ll pop up out of nowhere.
They will blow, they will disrupt, they may leave some damage behind. And then they will go.
The storms won’t care whether you’re prepared or not. They will not accommodate any prior plans you may have had.
Yet life’s storms will compel you to grow stronger, more capable and resilient. You’ll gain experience, wisdom, confidence, and respect.
Occasionally the storms will come, so do what you must do to get through them. And deepen your appreciation for the clear, beautiful days that arrive after the storms have passed.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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