Thursday, December 17, 2020
Today's Gift
Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation's compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain loving one another. —Erma Bombeck
The most precious time we will ever have we give away by doing volunteer chores to help others get more out of life. There is no material wage for this kind of work, but a host of emotional rewards. The height of volunteer giving is doing an act of kindness or love so quietly that none but ourselves will ever know we had a part in it.
What great humility this can bring to us, who live in a world where selfish people often insist on credit for all their deeds - often things they had nothing to do with.
All we need do is think of all we have received without deserving it or asking for it. By taking part in the giving end of life, we find the true wealth of our own generosity.
What secret gift can I give today?
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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We do reap, in some measure, at some time, what we sow. Our respect for others will result in kind. Our love expressed will return tenfold. The kindness we greet others with will ease their relations with us. We get from others what we give, if not at this time and place, at another. We can be certain that our best efforts toward others do not go unnoticed. And we can measure our due by what we give.
A major element of our recovery is the focus we place on our behavior, the seriousness with which we tackle our inventories. We can look at ourselves and how we reach out and act toward others; it is a far cry from where we were before entering this program. Most of us obsessed on "What he did to me," or "What she said." And then returned their actions in kind.
How thrilling is the knowledge that we can invite loving behavior by giving it! We have a great deal of control over the ebb and flow of our lives. In every instance we can control, our behavior. Thus never should we be surprised about the conditions of our lives.
Action for the Day: What goes around comes around. I will look for the opportunities to be kind and feel the results.
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
As we became subjects of King Alcohol, shivering denizens of their mad
realm, the chilling vapor that is loneliness settled down. It thickened,
ever becoming blacker. Some of us sought out sordid places, hoping
to find understanding companionship and approval. Momentarily we
did—then would come oblivion and the awful awakening to face the
hideous Four Horsemen—Terror, Bewilderment, Frustration, Despair.
Unhappy drinkers who read this page will understand!
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (A Vision For You) p. 151
Thought to Ponder
Good things happen to alcoholics who don't drink.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F E A R = Few Ever Arrive Rejoicing
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html
Abundance of giving***************************Daily MotivationExcerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
Think not of what you can get out of this moment. Focus instead on what you can give from this moment.
Look at all you can give to yourself. Look at all you can give to others.
There is far more value to be given than there is value to be taken. Focus on what you can give, and you truly focus on abundance.
Seek to give, and that abundance comes to life. Give to this moment, give from this moment, and value that never existed before, springs forth.
There is never more than a paltry, token amount available to be taken, yet there is literally no limit to what can be given. Give, and align yourself with value that has no end.
This moment is here, ready to be lived. Use it to give, and it will overflow with real abundance.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
Think not of what you can get out of this moment. Focus instead on what you can give from this moment.
Look at all you can give to yourself. Look at all you can give to others.
There is far more value to be given than there is value to be taken. Focus on what you can give, and you truly focus on abundance.
Seek to give, and that abundance comes to life. Give to this moment, give from this moment, and value that never existed before, springs forth.
There is never more than a paltry, token amount available to be taken, yet there is literally no limit to what can be given. Give, and align yourself with value that has no end.
This moment is here, ready to be lived. Use it to give, and it will overflow with real abundance.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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