Thursday, December 3, 2020
Today's Gift
Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the time I am being carried, on great winds across the sky. —Ojibway
"Ah, poor me," we sometimes say, "I have to work so hard!" "I have so much stress!" "If only my problem with money would get better, then I could be content!" "I just don't understand people!" "Why can't my family have fewer troubles?" This attitude of self-pity is as ancient as humanity. The Ojibway recognized blindness to the spiritual path. Every person has problems and challenges, and life often is not fair. Self-pity becomes a stumbling block when we get so narrowly focused upon our problems. We forget we are a part of a whole throng of fellow pilgrims on this path. It helps to notice others beside ourselves who are seeking courage to live their lives.
Sometimes we reawaken our awareness of our Higher Power by seeing that we are "carried on great winds across the sky." We have many blessings; we are not alone. Often within problems we discover our greatest blessings.
Higher Power, help me find the spiritual path in the choices I make today. Help me turn away from self-pity.
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
********************************Twenty-Four Hours a DayKeep It Simple
What we do with our lives is not dependent on what others do with theirs. We come into the program expecting to learn how to help our loved ones stop using. That’s our primary goal. What a jolt to discover that it hasn’t happened for some who share our circle. And they come to meetings anyway. More than that, they seem to be leading happy lives. At first we wonder how.
We are guaranteed happiness too. We are enmeshed with our loved ones only because we have never understood separateness. Our boundaries have been blurred. But the guidance of sponsors and the wisdom we’ll gain from the meetings will show us how to disengage from others. Our first step toward the happiness we’re promised is to give up our attempts to control anyone but ourselves.
Action for the Day: I have my own dreams, my own goals. To fulfill them, I must turn my attention away from others and on to me. I can’t make anyone else’s life my dream.
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
When ready, we say something like this: "My Creator, I am
now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad.
I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of
character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you
and my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here,
to do your bidding. Amen."
We have then completed Step Seven.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Into Action) p. 76
Thought to Ponder
Humility is not a destination we arrive at; it's a way of traveling.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A A = Attitude Adjustment
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html
Feel joy***************************Daily MotivationExcerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
Give yourself a break. Have a little fun.
Even if you don’t think you deserve it, do something nice for yourself. Even if there’s nothing to smile about, smile, and mean it.
Enjoy the day, enjoy being you, enjoy what you love, just because you can. Sink deeply into the beauty of the moment, and linger.
Feel good, hopeful, enthusiastic about the future. Enjoy being thankful about where you’ve been, what you’ve done, and the strength you’ve acquired.
Take a deep breath, and in that breath experience the wonder of being alive. Think a positive thought, and realize how amazing it is that you can do so.
The time to feel joy is always now. Let real joy fill your experience, and let all of life benefit from that joy.
Give yourself a break. Have a little fun.
Even if you don’t think you deserve it, do something nice for yourself. Even if there’s nothing to smile about, smile, and mean it.
Enjoy the day, enjoy being you, enjoy what you love, just because you can. Sink deeply into the beauty of the moment, and linger.
Feel good, hopeful, enthusiastic about the future. Enjoy being thankful about where you’ve been, what you’ve done, and the strength you’ve acquired.
Take a deep breath, and in that breath experience the wonder of being alive. Think a positive thought, and realize how amazing it is that you can do so.
The time to feel joy is always now. Let real joy fill your experience, and let all of life benefit from that joy.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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