Thursday, November 26, 2020
Today's Gift
If the only prayer you say in your whole life is "thank you," that would suffice. —Meister Eckhart
"An attitude of gratitude," we sometimes hear, will help us on our path. There certainly are enough things for us to worry about, grieve over, and complain about. They have their place. But as we mature, we learn that joy can exist side by side with grief. Gratitude is a tonic for our self-pity. Saying "thank you" actually opens us to receive more of life's blessings, which sit there waiting for us to notice.
In a pleasant moment we can look around and say, "Aren't we lucky!" That's a kind of prayer, and it connects us with our Higher Power. No matter how painful or worrisome a day may be, we can be thankful for our growth. Gratitude is so simple we sometimes dismiss it while looking for a more complicated answer in our lives. We can say "thank you" for all the simple things like trees, cool air, food, and love between people. It is a risk to be so grateful. Who will be in control? Perhaps our Higher Power.
Higher Power, thank you for all that comes to me without my efforts.
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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Silver shines just as bright as gold does. So often we forget this. So often we push, push, push. We forget to live for the moment. Trying too hard can be a defect of character. It can be a way we avoid life.
Gratitude, being thankful, is a key part of recovery. Not just gratitude for getting our self-respect back. Not just gratitude for having a Higher Power. But gratitude for the moment. We’re alive again. Let’s see each moment as a time to explore life.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, thanks for helping me to enjoy each moment. I have gratitude for being alive.
Action for the Day: I’ll list ten gifts of recovery for which I have gratitude.
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
Learning daily to spot, admit, and correct these flaws
is the essence of character-building and good living.
An honest regret for harms done, a genuine gratitude
for blessings received, and a willingness to try for better
things tomorrow will be the permanent assets we shall seek.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) p. 95
Thought to Ponder
Gratitude is a tool, a form of perspective,
reminding me to appreciate the simple things.
AA-related 'Alconym'
H U G S = Hope, Unity, Gratitude, Serenity
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html
Gratitude***************************Daily MotivationExcerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
Today is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. It is a day to spend with family and friends, a day when we pause to take stock of our blessings, to remember and give thanks.
Giving thanks, and expressing gratitude are very important, and it is appropriate that we set aside an entire day to focus on them. True abundance begins with gratitude and thankfulness. Being thankful focuses our attention on the things we do have, and helps those things to grow.
What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it -- would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have.
Look at the things that are right with your life. Be grateful for what you have. Nurture the good things in your life. Appreciate them, and they will grow. Your life will become more abundant, the more you focus on abundance.
And spread it around. Express your gratitude with a “thank you” or an act of kindness toward another person. You’ll find that your life grows more abundant, the more you share it with others.
Today is a day to give thanks. And so is every other day. Make gratitude and abundance a continuing part of your life.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
Today is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. It is a day to spend with family and friends, a day when we pause to take stock of our blessings, to remember and give thanks.
Giving thanks, and expressing gratitude are very important, and it is appropriate that we set aside an entire day to focus on them. True abundance begins with gratitude and thankfulness. Being thankful focuses our attention on the things we do have, and helps those things to grow.
What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it -- would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have.
Look at the things that are right with your life. Be grateful for what you have. Nurture the good things in your life. Appreciate them, and they will grow. Your life will become more abundant, the more you focus on abundance.
And spread it around. Express your gratitude with a “thank you” or an act of kindness toward another person. You’ll find that your life grows more abundant, the more you share it with others.
Today is a day to give thanks. And so is every other day. Make gratitude and abundance a continuing part of your life.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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