Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Today's Gift
We, too, the children of the earth, have our moon phases all through any year; the darkness, the delivery from darkness, the waxing and waning. —Faith Baldwin
Let us think, for a moment, about the changes of the moon. In the beginning of its cycle, it is just a sliver in the darkness. Each night it grows larger until it reaches its full size. When the moon is full and rising, its orange glow fills the sky. All night its gentle light brightens everything it touches.
But this fullness is only part of the life of the moon. For a while it grows smaller, then turns its dark side toward us before reappearing as a sliver and growing again to fullness. We are children of the earth, and we have our different moods and phases, too. There will be periods of darkness when we try to find our way by the light of the stars. Again and again we will grow to our full size, only to fade and grow again in a new way.
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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There are as many ways to live and grow as there are people. Our own ways are the only ways that should matter to us. —Evelyn Mandel
Wanting to control other people, to make them live as we'd have them live, makes the attainment of serenity impossible. And serenity is the goal we are seeking in this life.
We are each powerless over others, which relieves us of a great burden. Controlling our own behavior is a big enough job. Learning to behave responsibly takes practice. Most of us in this recovery program have behaved irresponsibly for much of our lives. Emotional immaturity is slow to depart, but every responsible action we take gives us the courage for another - and then another. Our own fulfillment is the by-product of the accumulation of our own responsible actions. Others' actions need not concern us.
Action for the Day: Today, I will weigh my behavior carefully. Responsible behavior builds gladness of heart.
From: Bluidkiti's Alcohol and Drug Addictions Recovery Help/Support Forums Daily Recovery Readings - http://www.bluidkiti.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=2
Wanting to control other people, to make them live as we'd have them live, makes the attainment of serenity impossible. And serenity is the goal we are seeking in this life.
We are each powerless over others, which relieves us of a great burden. Controlling our own behavior is a big enough job. Learning to behave responsibly takes practice. Most of us in this recovery program have behaved irresponsibly for much of our lives. Emotional immaturity is slow to depart, but every responsible action we take gives us the courage for another - and then another. Our own fulfillment is the by-product of the accumulation of our own responsible actions. Others' actions need not concern us.
Action for the Day: Today, I will weigh my behavior carefully. Responsible behavior builds gladness of heart.
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
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Daily Motivation
Powerful Reason
Leaving aside the drink question, they tell why living was so
unsatisfactory. They show how the change came over them.
When many hundreds of people are able to say that the
consciousness of the Presence of a Higher Power is today the most
important fact of their lives, they present a powerful reason
why one should have faith.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (We Agnostics) p. 51
Thought to Ponder
No God, no peace — know God, know peace.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F R O G = Fully Rely On God
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html
Daily Motivation
Excerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
In order to get along well in society, you know you must respect the intentions of others. It’s just as important, if not more so, to respect your own intentions.
You begin each day, each week, each year with good intentions. Yet those intentions can quickly be whittled down to nothing by surprises, distractions, and negligence.
This time last year what did you intend to do? Have you done it all?
Assign your own intentions at least as much value as you would the intentions of someone you highly respect. Plant those intentions firmly in your awareness and find a way to keep them there.
Give continuing action to your intentions. Keep doing whatever you can so that you keep those intentions alive and prominent.
You absolutely can achieve what you intend. Give your intentions all the respect they deserve and earn the fulfillment you so richly deserve.
In order to get along well in society, you know you must respect the intentions of others. It’s just as important, if not more so, to respect your own intentions.
You begin each day, each week, each year with good intentions. Yet those intentions can quickly be whittled down to nothing by surprises, distractions, and negligence.
This time last year what did you intend to do? Have you done it all?
Assign your own intentions at least as much value as you would the intentions of someone you highly respect. Plant those intentions firmly in your awareness and find a way to keep them there.
Give continuing action to your intentions. Keep doing whatever you can so that you keep those intentions alive and prominent.
You absolutely can achieve what you intend. Give your intentions all the respect they deserve and earn the fulfillment you so richly deserve.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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