Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Today's Gift
Self-love can seem a confusing maze in which many of us feel lost and hopeless. We hold on tightly to memories of the love we did not receive in the past, using them as a shield to protect us from being vulnerable and hurt again. Our hearts stay closed, although the yearning for deep connection may remain.
Self-love asks us to be mindful and hold our own well-being and happiness in positive regard. This is not a narcissistic, selfish perspective, an always aim-to-feel-good state. Rather, it is an honoring of our very being. It is a dynamic appreciation for both our strengths and weaknesses, grounded in the gradual acceptance of who we are as a whole being—with all our unique physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual flavors and flaws.
Dysfunctional behaviors helped us run from our faults rather than learn to accept and then, perhaps, transform them. Knowing what we feel, think, and want leads to a deeper understanding of self-care and healthy boundaries. It is a lifelong journey that we nourish by small actions and wise choices each and every day.
Today, I will focus on improving one personal quality that will help me love myself more.
From the book Cornerstones, Daily Meditations for the Journey into Manhood and Recovery ©
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
Everything changes. Nothing stays the same. And letting go of the way things are, anticipating instead what they might become, frees us to live each moment more fully.
Time marches on, and our destiny marches with it. There is purpose in how our lives unfold, the ups and downs serve our growth. We must neither resent the doldrums nor savor too long the elation. Giving too much attention to either state interferes with our awareness of the present. And the present has come to teach us.
We must move with time. We must focus our attention on the moment and accept whatever feelings each experience elicits. Emotional maturity is accepting our feelings and letting them go and facing instead the next moment with fresh receptivity. Our lessons are many, and they accompany the lows as well as the highs. We can be grateful for both.
The program has taught us freedom from lingering lows. It has given us the tools to move confidently forward, trusting that all is well. Nothing lasts forever, and within each struggle is the opportunity for real growth.
Action for the Day: The highs will pass away, just as will the lows. They visit us purposefully. I will give them their freedom and find mine as well.
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
But there is another kind of hangover which we all experience whether we are
drinking or not. That is the emotional hangover, the direct result of yesterday's
and sometimes today's excesses of negative emotion—anger, fear, jealousy,
and the like. If we would live serenely today and tomorrow, we certainly need to
eliminate these hangovers. This doesn't mean we need to wander morbidly
around in the past. It requires an admission and correction of errors now.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Ten) pp. 88 - 89
Thought to Ponder
The first step in overcoming mistakes is to admit them.
AA-related 'Alconym'
A A = Always Aware
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html
Be who you are***************************Daily MotivationExcerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
You are enough. There’s no need to waste your energy, in trying to be someone else. No one is better than you. And what you do best, is being you.
Wishing or pretending you’re something that you’re not, robs precious time and energy from being the best you can be. There’s plenty of cause for joy, in the person that you are.
To be your best, be yourself. No one sees the world, in quite the same way as you. No one cares, or loves, or gives, like you. You have something very special to offer. There are things you were meant to do.
Be the best that you can be, by finding and mastering the art of being you.
You are enough. There’s no need to waste your energy, in trying to be someone else. No one is better than you. And what you do best, is being you.
Wishing or pretending you’re something that you’re not, robs precious time and energy from being the best you can be. There’s plenty of cause for joy, in the person that you are.
To be your best, be yourself. No one sees the world, in quite the same way as you. No one cares, or loves, or gives, like you. You have something very special to offer. There are things you were meant to do.
Be the best that you can be, by finding and mastering the art of being you.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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