Friday, January 15, 2021
Today's Gift
Everything is so dangerous that nothing is really very frightening.—Gertrude Stein
Life is full of dangers and risks and challenges. We can choose to meet them fearfully or in a spirit of welcome. To choose fear, to say, "I won't take that risk because I might lose," is to prevent ourselves from ever winning. If we welcome the danger, the risk, or the challenge, we acknowledge that life is made up of losses as well as victories, of gains as well as pain.
Life holds the dangers as well as the rewards. We choose how we will act. Sometimes we may feel trapped in a cycle of fearfulness. If we examine our own part, will we find that we are neglecting to take a balanced view? Perhaps, through a fear of losing, we are missing many chances for satisfaction.
I will remember: I have the power to choose what my attitude will be toward this day's offerings.
From Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women by Karen Casey ©
From: Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation - Thought for the Day http://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/recovery/thought-for-the-day
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Anxiety is often our first reaction to conflict, problems, or even our own fears. In those moments, detaching and getting peaceful may seem disloyal or apathetic. We think: If I really care, I’ll worry; if this is really important to me, I must stay upset. We convince ourselves that outcomes will be positively affected by the amount of time we spend worrying.
Our best problem-solving resource is peace. Solutions arise easily and naturally out of a peaceful state. Often, fear and anxiety block solutions. Anxiety gives power to the problem, not the solution. It does not help to harbor turmoil. It does not help.
Peace is available if we choose it. In spite of chaos and unsolved problems around us, all is well. Things will work out. We can surround ourselves with the resources of the Universe: water, earth, a sunset, a walk, a prayer, a friend. We can relax and let ourselves feel peace.
Action for the Day: Today, I will let go of my need to stay in turmoil. I will cultivate peace and trust that timely solutions and goodness will arise naturally and harmoniously out of the wellspring of peace. I will consciously let go and let God.
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
"Day by day, we try to move a little toward our Higher Power's perfection.
So we need not be consumed by maudlin guilt for failure to achieve
Their likeness and image by Thursday next. Progress is our aim, and
Their perfection is the beacon, light-years away, that draws us on."
- As Bill Sees It, p. 15
Thought to Ponder
Sobriety is not a destination, but an everlasting journey.
AA-related 'Alconym'
S H A M E = Should Have Already Mastered Everything
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html
Patience multiplies your efforts***************************Daily MotivationExcerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
You’re eager to get it now, finish it now, know it now. Yet there’s a very good chance you could benefit from a little patience.
It’s great you’re so enthusiastic, and have such a powerful sense of urgency. Just remember though, that good things can take time.
Give the good things in your life the time they deserve. Allow for the time that will make those good things far better than anything you could achieve in an instant.
Take a breath, slow your racing mind and hyped-up expectations. Savor what you’re doing, sink peacefully into the moment that is, and avoid speeding ahead too fast.
Don’t compromise the quality of your entire future just to get what you want right now. Give the goodness you seek the time it needs to be the best it can be.
Patience multiplies your efforts far beyond what they could otherwise achieve. Give yourself, and your patience, plenty of time and space to bring new richness to life.
You’re eager to get it now, finish it now, know it now. Yet there’s a very good chance you could benefit from a little patience.
It’s great you’re so enthusiastic, and have such a powerful sense of urgency. Just remember though, that good things can take time.
Give the good things in your life the time they deserve. Allow for the time that will make those good things far better than anything you could achieve in an instant.
Take a breath, slow your racing mind and hyped-up expectations. Savor what you’re doing, sink peacefully into the moment that is, and avoid speeding ahead too fast.
Don’t compromise the quality of your entire future just to get what you want right now. Give the goodness you seek the time it needs to be the best it can be.
Patience multiplies your efforts far beyond what they could otherwise achieve. Give yourself, and your patience, plenty of time and space to bring new richness to life.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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