Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Today's Gift
In our honest journey, we must admit life is often difficult and painful.
But these facts do not describe all of life, and they do not determine how we respond. The sun rises warm and bright after a cold and dark night. The open, generous smile of a small child reaches into the soft part of us all. To be strong and hardy adults on this spiritual path, we must be truthful about the pain and unfairness in life while holding firmly to a belief in all the generous possibilities.
Surrendering to despair, we trade the uncertainty of options for the certainty of gloom. Then we might say, "At least I'm never disappointed this way." Life isn't filled only with difficulty and pain. It is also filled with people whose dignity and spirit rise above their circumstances. There are situations when great sacrifice or love and wisdom turn a problem into an opportunity and strength. If we look at what has happened in our own lives and in those of others, we have ample reason to hope.
My own experience in life gives me great hope in what can be.
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
We are men on a quest. We seek the serenity of being friendly toward the world and toward ourselves. The spiritual practices we follow are personal and quiet, not spectacular or dazzling. We have been part of the throng seeking stimulating highs. Some of us know the excitement and escape of saving others from their own troubles or drowning ourselves in activity and work. We may know the mellowness of a drug or food binge. Perhaps we know the heart-pounding intensity of shoplifting, gambling, or physical pursuit.
The way of life suggested by this simple program changes us deeply if we fully surrender to it. This spiritual quest changes us slowly over time, and our reward is contentment. It produces a joy, a feeling of well-being, that is far richer than the momentary pleasures we sought in the past.
Action for the Day: Today, I am grateful for a way of life that leads me toward a contentment I can rely on.
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
To return to the subject matter of this book: It contains full suggestions
by which the employee may solve his problem. To you, some of the ideas
which it contains are novel. Perhaps you are not quite in sympathy with
the approach we suggest. By no means do we offer it as the last word
on this subject, but so far as we are concerned, it has worked with us.
After all, are you not looking for results rather than methods?
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (To Employers) pp. 143 - 144
Thought to Ponder
When all else fails, the directions are in the Big Book.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A C T I O N = Any Change To Improve Our Nature
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html
A day to fill***************************Daily MotivationExcerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
You can do nothing to change the way the world was when you got out of bed. You can do everything to improve the way the world will be at the end of the day.
Your choices have consequences. Make full and positive use of that power.
Don’t seethe about what may have happened or worry endlessly about what may come. Let your intelligence and your influence be driven by love, and give this day the best you have.
Right in front of you are precious hours to make good use of. Close at hand are the tools with which you can bring new meaning and progress to life.
Your journey through this day has already begun. Take each step in a manner that causes value and goodness to linger in the places you go.
No task is too tedious, no challenge is too great. You have a day to fill with positive, purposeful living.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
You can do nothing to change the way the world was when you got out of bed. You can do everything to improve the way the world will be at the end of the day.
Your choices have consequences. Make full and positive use of that power.
Don’t seethe about what may have happened or worry endlessly about what may come. Let your intelligence and your influence be driven by love, and give this day the best you have.
Right in front of you are precious hours to make good use of. Close at hand are the tools with which you can bring new meaning and progress to life.
Your journey through this day has already begun. Take each step in a manner that causes value and goodness to linger in the places you go.
No task is too tedious, no challenge is too great. You have a day to fill with positive, purposeful living.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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