The Work-In: Daily Motivation 12-11-2020

 Friday, December 11, 2020

Today's Gift

Feelings are everywhere - gentle. —J. Masai

Throughout the day we experience many feelings. Losing something makes us angry. Fighting with a friend makes us sad. Perhaps we're lonely because no one is home. Getting an unexpected treat makes us happy. Our feelings come and go just like the hours of our lives.

Letting our feelings be whatever they are is good. They'll go away in time. We may not like all feelings; sadness or anger may be uncomfortable, but being human means we'll have many different feelings each day. If we're quiet with them, they'll help us grow and understand others better, and then they will suddenly be gone, replaced perhaps by a feeling we like more.

Today I will accept my feelings today whether I like them or not.

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

The art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles. -- Bernard M. Baruch

Naturally, we wish to avoid pain and difficulty, but life experience and a measure of reflection show us that most of what comes our way is beyond our control. We'll never outwit all the possibilities for trouble, even if we live to be 100 years old. We have often failed to learn from trouble because we cast ourselves in the roles of passive people and victims. We pointed outside ourselves and said, "Look at what is happening to poor me!"

When we use trouble as our teacher, we develop the art of living. We are taking a spiritual approach, using our Higher Power as our guide. We can choose today to use our difficulties for our learning and growth. We might ask, "What can I learn from this experience about myself as an adult? How can I use this to strengthen myself for the future?" Serenity develops, not by eliminating life's difficulties, but by having a reliable relationship with our Higher Power in the midst of it all.

Action for the Day: With my Higher Power as my guide, I will use whatever comes my way as an opportunity for growth.

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

Anger
If we were to live, we had to be free of anger.
The grouch and the brainstorm were not for us.
They may be the dubious luxury of normal men,
but for alcoholics these things are poison.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 66

Thought to Ponder
Anger is but a mask for fear.

AA-related 'Alconym'
A N G E R = Any New Grudge Endangers Recovery

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

Live the beauty

by Ralph Marston

Every day is a miracle. Every life is a thing of wonder.

The pleasures and joys lift you up. The challenges and adversities lift you even higher.

Realize the extreme value of what you have. Keep in mind that love is always your best choice.

Feel your strength, your resilience, your capacity for kindness and understanding. Constantly make good use of all you have, of all you are, to fulfill the promise of the best life can be.

Embrace each moment with purpose and with passion for all the good you can do. Let go of any petty judgments that might blind you to the massive possibilities in which you’re immersed.

Live the beauty that is always available for you to create. And share it relentlessly with all of life.

From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/