Monday, March 1, 2021
Today's Gift
Surrendering to a Power greater than ourselves is how we become empowered.
We become empowered in a new, better, more effective way than we believed possible.
Doors open. Windows open. Possibilities occur. Our energy becomes channeled, at last, in areas and ways that work for us. We become in tune with the Plan for our life and our place in the Universe.
And there is a Plan and Place for us. We shall see that. We shall know that. The Universe will open up and make a special place for us, with all that we need provided.
It will be good. Understand that it is good, now.
Learning to own our power will come, if we are open to it. We do not need to stop at powerlessness and helplessness. That is a temporary place where we re-evaluate where we have been trying to have power when we have none.
Once we surrender, it is time to become empowered.
Let the power come, naturally. It is there. It is ours.
Today, I will be open to understanding what it means to own my power. I will accept powerlessness where I have no power; I will also accept the power that is mine to receive.
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
The signals that new growth is underway are often very small at first. It's sometimes discouraging when we are trying to remake our lives and all we can see for our efforts is minor growth. That is how the natural world works, and we are part of this world. When the little sprouts of growth first develop under the snow in spring we don't even see them unless we search. Yet, they signal the beginnings of a total transformation. Time will bring vast changes, but only little signs are showing first.
Today, we may search for signs of progress in our lives. The little things we see may signal bigger transformations yet to come. To be true to them in the long run we must accept them - even welcome them - as they are today.
Action for the Day: I will notice the subtle movements toward health and renewal in my life. Welcoming them will encourage them.
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
If at these points our emotional disturbance happens to be great,
we will more surely keep our balance, provided we remember, and
repeat to ourselves, a particular prayer or phrase that has appealed
to us in our reading or meditation. Just saying it over and over will often
enable us to clear a channel choked up with anger, fear, frustration, or
misunderstanding, and permit us to return to the surest help of all—our
search for our Higher Power's will, not our own, in the moment of stress.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Eleven) p. 103
Thought to Ponder
I want the gift of an untroubled mind.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F A I T H = Facing All, Intuitively Trusting our Higher Power
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html
Humility***************************Daily MotivationExcerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
When you think you know it all, there’s not much that you’ll learn. If you become too impressed with your own importance, you’ve already begun to lose your advantage.
Humility is a sign of true courage and confidence. Those who are unsure of themselves are the ones who must prop up their egos with loud and arrogant boasts. What a waste of effort! Those who are confident enough to act with humility are the ones who get things done.
When you can admit that you don’t know it all, you set yourself up to learn valuable things. When you act with respect and deference toward others, you win their sincere, enthusiastic respect in return. Humility is not backing down. It is moving forward past your own petty ego.
Acknowledging your limitations is a crucial step toward transcending them. Live with humility and you’ll truly live beyond yourself.
When you think you know it all, there’s not much that you’ll learn. If you become too impressed with your own importance, you’ve already begun to lose your advantage.
Humility is a sign of true courage and confidence. Those who are unsure of themselves are the ones who must prop up their egos with loud and arrogant boasts. What a waste of effort! Those who are confident enough to act with humility are the ones who get things done.
When you can admit that you don’t know it all, you set yourself up to learn valuable things. When you act with respect and deference toward others, you win their sincere, enthusiastic respect in return. Humility is not backing down. It is moving forward past your own petty ego.
Acknowledging your limitations is a crucial step toward transcending them. Live with humility and you’ll truly live beyond yourself.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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