The Work-In: Daily Motivation 3-19-2021

 Friday, March 19, 2021

Today's Gift

New life comes from shedding old skins and pressing through the darkness toward the light. Spring is the season of new beginnings and of growth. —Karen Kaiser Clark

All of us in this life time have had great turning points in our lives. In these new beginnings we have pressed onward or groped through the darkness, hoping to find the light, much like a new sprout arising from the cold soil in spring. Our spiritual faith has pointed us toward the light. As spiritually alive people, we also have smaller beginnings all the time. Spring exists for us on the inside regardless of the time of year.

On this particular day, we can think about the changes we see growing in our lives. It may be unclear to some of us just what is changing or how. We may not be able to name the change or describe it until it's in the past. Springtime brings a feeling of liberation, and our growth in this life frees us from muddled thinking, denial, dysfunctions, and codependency.

I am thankful for new beginnings in the world and the eternal spring within my being.

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

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Twenty-Four Hours a Day

Keep It Simple

If I Had My Life to Live Over ... I'd relax.... I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more chances. I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers.... I'd start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry go-rounds. I would pick more daisies.—Nadine Stair

"Letting go" is a theme with many variations. When we live with gusto and are released to experience the full excitement of life, we are letting go. When we turn our lives and wills over to the care of our Higher Power, we are freed of many cares. If we orient our lives with a compass that always points to fear and insecurity, or to power and success, we are giving ourselves over to those forces. But we can orient our lives to our Higher Power's care and support. That makes it possible to drop our guard, allow for some mistakes, and delight in the pleasures of creation.

Action for the Day: Today let me forget my worries and enjoy the fullness of life.

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

Transformed
In a very real sense they have been transformed, because they have
laid hold of a source of strength which, in one way or another, they
had hitherto denied them self. They find their self in possession of
a degree of honesty, tolerance, unselfishness, peace of mind,
and love of which they had thought them self quite incapable.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 107

Thought to Ponder
We're not living just to be sober;
we are living to learn, to serve, and to love.

AA-related 'Alconym'
H O P E = Happy Our Program Exists

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

Small positive step

by Ralph Marston

Your direction and momentum are at least as consequential as your location. That’s why taking a small positive step can make such a big positive difference.

There’s some little something you can do today that will improve your life tomorrow. When tomorrow comes, not only will you experience the reward for your initiative, you’ll be inspired to add to it.

As soon as you stack one improvement on top of another you have momentum. That momentum can change your whole frame of reference for the better, giving it power to perpetuate itself.

Suddenly, the old doubts and excuses lose their negative influence. You become oriented toward action and improvement rather than procrastination and mediocrity.

When you experience yourself moving forward you’re able to notice a radically expanded set of possibilities. Action, momentum, and enthusiasm begin to feed off each other.

It all begins with a small positive step. Are you willing to take that step right now?
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/