Monday, January 25, 2021
Today's Gift
New Energy Coming
There is a new energy, a new feeling coming into our life. We cannot base our expectations about how we will feel tomorrow, or even a few hours from now, on how we feel at this moment.
There are no two moments in time alike. We are growing. We are changing. Our life is changing. At times, things haven't worked out the way we wanted. We had lessons to learn. The future shall not be like the past.
The truly difficult times are almost over. The confusion, the most challenging learning experiences, the difficult feelings are about to pass.
Do not limit the future by the past!
Reflect on the beginning of your journey. Haven't there been many changes that have brought you to where you are now? Reflect on one year ago. Haven't you and your circumstances changed since then?
Sometimes, problems and feelings linger for a while. These times are temporary. Times of confusion, uncertainty, times of living with a particular unsolved problem do not last forever.
We make these times doubly hard by comparing them to our past. Each situation and circumstance has had its particular influence in shaping who we are. We do not have to scare ourselves by comparing our present and future to a painful past, especially our past before we began recovering or before we learned through a particular experience.
Know that the discomfort will not be permanent. Do not try to figure out how you shall feel or when you shall feel differently. Instead, trust. Accept today, but do not be limited by it.
A new energy is coming. A new feeling is on the way. We cannot predict how it will be by looking at how it was or how it is, because it shall be entirely different. We have not worked and struggled in vain. It has been for and toward something.
Times are changing for the better. Continue on the path of trust and obedience. Be open to the new.
Today, Universe, help me not judge or limit my future by my past. Help me be open to all the exciting possibilities for change, both within and around me.
From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©
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
Today will be what we make it. Regardless of the weather, the kinds of work to be done, the personalities crossing our paths, we’ll feel joy and peace if that is our choice.
Agonizing over circumstances that aren’t to our liking or dwelling on our failure to control other people, whether friends or foes, has robbed us of the happiness that is always ours to experience. Depression, anger, fear, and frustration shadowed our steps because we didn’t take control of the only thing that’s ever been in our control absolutely—attitude.
It’s so easy to blame others for every wrinkle in our lives. But as we grow accustomed to the idea of taking full responsibility for how we think and feel, we’ll be empowered. No longer will our sense of self feel diminished. And, as Abraham Lincoln is credited with saying, we will be just as happy as we make up our minds to be.
Action for the Day: I will remember the nobody can mess with my attitude but me.
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
"Sanity" is defined as "soundness of mind." Yet no alcoholic,
soberly analyzing their destructive behavior, whether the destruction
fell on the dining-room furniture or their own moral fiber, can claim
"soundness of mind" for their self. Therefore, Step Two is the rallying
point for all of us. Whether agnostic, atheist, or former believer,
we can stand together on this Step.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Two) p. 33
Thought to Ponder
Pride in my intelligence blinded me to how much I did not know.
AA-related 'Alconym'
H O P E = Hold On, Pain Ends
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
Do not be afraid of time. Be eager to put it to use.
Do not become frustrated by time. Allow yourself to be inspired by every day that’s been, motivated by every moment to come.
Time does not ever have to disappoint you. For you’re always able to give your best thoughts, efforts, gratitude and respect to the time you are in.
Relax into the time that is now. Embrace time as it arrives and eagerly put it to use.
There’s no need for you to linger behind or to rush ahead. Simply move forward just as steadily and relentlessly as time always does.
Put time on your side by celebrating and utilizing each new moment as it arrives. Honor and cherish all the good that is now, and time will be good to you.
Do not be afraid of time. Be eager to put it to use.
Do not become frustrated by time. Allow yourself to be inspired by every day that’s been, motivated by every moment to come.
Time does not ever have to disappoint you. For you’re always able to give your best thoughts, efforts, gratitude and respect to the time you are in.
Relax into the time that is now. Embrace time as it arrives and eagerly put it to use.
There’s no need for you to linger behind or to rush ahead. Simply move forward just as steadily and relentlessly as time always does.
Put time on your side by celebrating and utilizing each new moment as it arrives. Honor and cherish all the good that is now, and time will be good to you.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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