Monday, November 30, 2020
Today's Gift
As with expeditions into the wilds when we have endured storms and rapids, cold and sleet, and sometimes lack of food, it is ultimately the good things we remember, not the bad. —Sigurd F. Olson
In our daily lives we often take a very short perspective. We see what is worrisome today, what is pressing hardest, or what is most frightening or confusing. Eventually, we may look back and have a totally different idea about what was truly important on this day.
Let us take a moment now to remember what does endure, what we value most, what counts in the long run. For a brief quiet time we can let go of all the anxieties of this moment. During these few quiet moments, we will identify our tensions and then place them totally into the hands of our Higher Power. This is our time to let go of our worries and be refreshed. It will provide a background of serenity for our day.
Today, help me remember this corner of serenity as I meet the tasks and activities on my path.
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
It is hard for many of us to learn to admit the wrongs we do. We have followed lifestyles that led us away from recognizing our true feelings. Remnants of this blindness continue into our recovery. In this quiet time we can deepen and nourish a relationship with ourselves. Facing our disapproval and admitting it lead us to comfort and self-respect. Right now we can ask ourselves, "What messages do 1 receive from myself? What is my Higher Power telling me? Do I sense some gut feeling? Am I true to my relationships with loved ones? Have I been open to the feelings of my spouse. Of my friends? Of my boss? Do I owe anyone an apology which I can promptly make?"
Some of us indulge in worry, fear, and anger beyond a useful or meaningful point. What can we do about these excesses of feeling? First, we admit them to ourselves and to others. Then, we trust our Higher Power for the outcome, and they will fall away.
Action for the Day: Today, I will nourish a relationship with myself by facing my own disapproval and growing toward greater comfort.
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
Reason
Hence, we saw that reason isn’t everything. Neither is reason, as most of us
use it, entirely dependable, though it emanate from our best minds. What
about people who proved that man could never fly? Yet we had been seeing
another kind of flight, a spiritual liberation from this world, people who rose
above their problems. They said their Higher Power made these things possible, and we only
smiled. We had seen spiritual release, but liked to tell ourselves it wasn’t true.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) pp. 54 - 55
Thought to Ponder
Spirituality is not based on logic, it is faith-driven.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F A I T H = Fear And Insecurity? Trust your Higher Power!
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
Life finds a way to improve. Often the process is difficult, painful, unexpected and baffling, yet it does eventually make headway.
When you’ve experienced disappointment, keep going. Adjust your expectations, adjust your strategy, and you’ll find a way forward.
Rarely is anything ever as good as you hoped it would be, or as bad as you feared it would be. And in between those extremes, slowly and steadily, is the space to move ahead.
No matter what has come before, you can build on it. No matter what is going on now, you can find something of value in it.
Know the possibility is there, and you will come to see it. Live and work as if you’re making progress, and the progress will happen.
Have faith in the goodness you cannot yet see. Your faith will bring it to life.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
Life finds a way to improve. Often the process is difficult, painful, unexpected and baffling, yet it does eventually make headway.
When you’ve experienced disappointment, keep going. Adjust your expectations, adjust your strategy, and you’ll find a way forward.
Rarely is anything ever as good as you hoped it would be, or as bad as you feared it would be. And in between those extremes, slowly and steadily, is the space to move ahead.
No matter what has come before, you can build on it. No matter what is going on now, you can find something of value in it.
Know the possibility is there, and you will come to see it. Live and work as if you’re making progress, and the progress will happen.
Have faith in the goodness you cannot yet see. Your faith will bring it to life.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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