Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Today's Gift
Feelings of discouragement are to be expected as part of life. We will have our times of greater energy and hope and our times of feeling depleted and lost. As we mature we learn to see many peaks and valleys across the landscape.
Giving ourselves over to feelings of discouragement is self-indulgent and saps our strength. We cannot see into the future. The dailiness of our lives isn't always dramatic and doesn't usually offer great changes. But we are part of an unfolding process. Looking back over just a week or a month, we can recall troubled times that now seem insignificant. We see other' people and their progress, and we know they too grew just one day at a time and couldn't see what the future would bring them. So we continue - knowing that our process is hopeful - even though we cannot foresee the details of our future.
I have the strength to live through the peaks and valleys and to stay faithful to myself.
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
********************************Twenty-Four Hours a DayKeep It Simple
Someone bless these seeds I sow…
‘Till the rain comes tumblin' down. ~David Mallett
We plant a garden with faith, never knowing exactly what the harvest will bring. We attend to those aspects of gardening which we have some control over, planting good seeds in rich soil, in straight rows, the right distance apart. We weed and fertilize, and we tie up our tomato plants.
We may pray for rain, but we never know if we'll get too much or too little. We can't control the wind or rabbits or bugs or the strongest strains of weeds. Yet most of us do not let these things keep us from planting.
With this same sort of faith, we can tend to ourselves. Though we don't know what each day will bring, we can plant the seeds in ourselves to meet most anything. We can rise each morning determined to give what we have. We can't plant the seeds for others, and we can't keep the storms from coming. The beauty is, we don't have to.
Today's Action: I will plant seeds of joy 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
Until now, our lives have been largely devoted to running from pain
and problems. We fled from them as from a plague. We never wanted
to deal with the fact of suffering. Escape via the bottle was always our
solution. Character-building through suffering might be all right for saints,
but it certainly didn't appeal to us. Then, in A.A., we looked and listened.
Everywhere we saw failure and misery transformed by humility
into priceless assets.
--Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Seven) pp. 74 - 75
Thought to Ponder
Pain is the measure of our resistance to change.
AA-related 'Alconym'
H O P E = Hold On, Pain Ends
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
You don’t have to solve all the world’s problems before bedtime. Yet there is something you can do right now.
Do just a little, and it will make a difference. Then, do a little bit more.
Life can seem overwhelming, and yet in each moment it is easily manageable. Take one moment at a time, give love and effort and value to it, and then move confidently on to the next moment.
Live your life in wonderful little slices. Savor each one, discovering the unique opportunities for growth and fulfillment.
All the while, stay true to your authentic purpose. Do what you can and don’t worry about the rest.
In each little slice of life, it’s easy to be supremely successful at richly living. String those slices together, one by one, and the result is a beautiful life.
You don’t have to solve all the world’s problems before bedtime. Yet there is something you can do right now.
Do just a little, and it will make a difference. Then, do a little bit more.
Life can seem overwhelming, and yet in each moment it is easily manageable. Take one moment at a time, give love and effort and value to it, and then move confidently on to the next moment.
Live your life in wonderful little slices. Savor each one, discovering the unique opportunities for growth and fulfillment.
All the while, stay true to your authentic purpose. Do what you can and don’t worry about the rest.
In each little slice of life, it’s easy to be supremely successful at richly living. String those slices together, one by one, and the result is a beautiful life.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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