Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Today's Gift
When one is a stranger to oneself, then one is estranged from others, too. —Anne Morrow Lindbergh
There's a person inside each of us just itching to be known and loved. But if we don't get to know and love that person, how can we expect anyone else to know us?
That's why it's so important to spend time alone getting acquainted with ourselves. And how do we do that? We can sit quietly with ourselves, thinking and listening. Then we can write our thoughts in a journal, or we can draw or paint them. If we play a musical instrument, we can put our thoughts and feelings into music.
When we make the time and effort to know ourselves, it encourages others to want to know us, too. Since everything we do and feel begins inside us, we must feel good about ourselves in order to feel good about anything else. What wonders we are, that we have all the power we need to make our world a happy one!
How do I feel about myself 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
********************************Twenty-Four Hours a DayKeep It Simple
Change is constant. And we are always becoming. Each chance, each feeling, each responsibility we commit ourselves to adds to the richness of our adulthood. We are not yesterday's person, today. Our new awarenesses have brought us beyond them. And we can't go back without knowing, somehow, that they no longer meets the needs of today.
We can look forward to our changes, to the older person we are becoming. They will have the wisdom that we still lack. They will have learned to live and let live. They will have acquired, through years of experiences, a perspective that lends sanity to all situations.
The lessons we are learning today, the pain that overwhelms us now and again, are nurturing the developing person within each of us. If only we could accept the lessons and master them. If only we could trust the gift of change that accompanies the pain.
Action for the Day: I am becoming. And with the becoming, comes peace. I can sense it today. I know where I was yesterday.
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
Putting out of our minds the wrongs others had done, we resolutely
looked for our own mistakes. Where had we been selfish, dishonest,
self-seeking and frightened? Though a situation had not been entirely
our fault, we tried to disregard the other person involved entirely.
Where were we to blame? The inventory was ours, not the other man’s.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 67
Thought to Ponder
The first step in overcoming mistakes is to admit them.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A A = Accountable Actions
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html
Zero in on the positive***************************Daily MotivationExcerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
The way you think about this moment, this day, this life, affects the way you live it. The way you live determines the life you experience.
Just because you think something doesn’t make it true. Yet over time, through choices and actions, your thoughts do drive the reality of your life.
In what direction are your thoughts pointed right now? Make sure it’s a direction you really want to go.
Are you focused only on what has gone wrong and extrapolating that into more that will go wrong? Though it’s essential to acknowledge the difficult realities, you never have to do so from a negative perspective.
Activate the power of your observation, your wisdom, your experience. Make an intentional choice to see the positive possibilities, and you will.
Allow fear, anger, resentment, and worry to all fall away. Zero in on the positive and realistic possibilities, and go from there.
The way you think about this moment, this day, this life, affects the way you live it. The way you live determines the life you experience.
Just because you think something doesn’t make it true. Yet over time, through choices and actions, your thoughts do drive the reality of your life.
In what direction are your thoughts pointed right now? Make sure it’s a direction you really want to go.
Are you focused only on what has gone wrong and extrapolating that into more that will go wrong? Though it’s essential to acknowledge the difficult realities, you never have to do so from a negative perspective.
Activate the power of your observation, your wisdom, your experience. Make an intentional choice to see the positive possibilities, and you will.
Allow fear, anger, resentment, and worry to all fall away. Zero in on the positive and realistic possibilities, and go from there.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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