Monday, December 14, 2020
Today's Gift
I'm delighted that the future is unsure. That's the way it should be. ~William Sloane Coffin
Some of life's richest moments are the most unexpected: the old friend met by chance, or the new one discovered when neither of us was really looking; the toy at the bottom of the toy box, rediscovered and loved anew; the book, the flower, the shaft of light we were in the right place at the right time to notice and embrace.
It is important to dream and plan, to work toward goals, to mark the milestones we pass on life's journey. No less important, though, is to open ourselves to the unexpected joys awaiting us every day.
I will be ready, today, to expect the unexpected.
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
We got tired of how we were living. We honestly looked at our life. We saw that alcohol and other drugs controlled our life. We met others who understood us. And we came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could help us. We turned our will and our life over to this Power. In so doing, we learned that life doesn’t take place in the past or in the future. We find life in the present. We find our program in the present.
Prayer for the Day: I pray that I’ll leave the past in the past. I pray that I’ll walk into each new moment with my Higher Power.
Action for the Day: The only time we revisit the past is when we tell our story. Today I’ll tell my story to someone. I’ll tell what really happened. I’ll tell what life is like now.
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
For it is only by accepting and solving our problems that we can
begin to get right with ourselves and with the world about us, and
with Them who presides over us all. Understanding is the key to right
principles and attitudes, and right action is the key to good living;
therefore the joy of good living is the theme of A.A.'s Twelfth Step.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 125
Thought to Ponder
There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.
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
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Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
You live always in a powerful space. It is the space between what happens and what you do about it.
It is the space between how you feel and the way you act. In that space, your choice makes all the difference in the world.
You have no real power over what others think or say or feel or do. You have full power over what their words and actions and ideas mean to you.
If you depend on some particular outcome for your happiness and satisfaction, you’re sure to be disappointed. Yet in the space where your choice resides, the highest level of fulfillment is always available to you.
Whatever happens is merely whatever happens. What you make of it within yourself is what makes all the difference.
Activate and utilize that power, every time. Your choice is everything, so choose well.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
You live always in a powerful space. It is the space between what happens and what you do about it.
It is the space between how you feel and the way you act. In that space, your choice makes all the difference in the world.
You have no real power over what others think or say or feel or do. You have full power over what their words and actions and ideas mean to you.
If you depend on some particular outcome for your happiness and satisfaction, you’re sure to be disappointed. Yet in the space where your choice resides, the highest level of fulfillment is always available to you.
Whatever happens is merely whatever happens. What you make of it within yourself is what makes all the difference.
Activate and utilize that power, every time. Your choice is everything, so choose well.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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