Monday, May 17, 2021
Today's Gift
We should be thankful we can never reach complete serenity. If we could, we would never have the need to improve ourselves. We would stop growing, because there would be no reason to learn any more than we already know, and we would become bored. Even the things, which seem so serene in nature usually contain a struggle within. A lake, with a swan gliding slowly across it, seems a perfect picture of serenity. But, unseen below the surface, fish, turtles, and frogs struggle each day for survival.
The important thing is to accept the struggles as a part of the beauty of life, not as blemishes on it.
What struggles shall help me grow better today?
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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Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Keep It Simple
Many days it seems too easy to be centered on ourselves, wondering if others love us rather than loving others. On those days, we may have to act "as if" we love the persons who live on our pathways. The unexpected gift is that we do begin to feel both love and loved. Living becomes easier, and so does loving. Acting "as if" is a good way of learning those behaviors that don't feel natural. And in time, acting "as if" is necessary no more.
Action for the Day: I can behave in any way I decide to. I can choose to think about others, and love them. I can choose to forget myself, today.
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
We turned back to the list, for it held the key to the future. We were prepared
to look at it from an entirely different angle. We began to see that the world
and its people really dominated us. In that state, the wrong-doing of others,
fancied or real, had power to actually kill. How could we escape?
We saw that these resentments must be mastered, but how?
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 66
Thought to Ponder
Clear vision for tomorrow comes only after a real look at yesterday.
AA-related 'Alconym'
S T E P S = Solutions Through Each Powerful Step
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html
To have courage***************************Daily MotivationExcerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
Where does courage come from? It comes from purpose.
You cannot avoid the risks of life. What you can do is give yourself powerful enough reasons to endure and to mitigate those risks.
Do you seek to have courage? Then make sure you know why.
Go beyond merely speaking about what’s important to you. Live it, feel it, act it out every day.
Courage does not come from wanting to have courage for the sake of courage, or for the sake of appearances. Courage comes from the desire to create the best life you can envision for yourself and all those you care about.
Courage is what you have when you live beyond yourself, beyond the expediency of the moment. Fill your life with purpose, and you’ll imbue your actions with courage.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
Where does courage come from? It comes from purpose.
You cannot avoid the risks of life. What you can do is give yourself powerful enough reasons to endure and to mitigate those risks.
Do you seek to have courage? Then make sure you know why.
Go beyond merely speaking about what’s important to you. Live it, feel it, act it out every day.
Courage does not come from wanting to have courage for the sake of courage, or for the sake of appearances. Courage comes from the desire to create the best life you can envision for yourself and all those you care about.
Courage is what you have when you live beyond yourself, beyond the expediency of the moment. Fill your life with purpose, and you’ll imbue your actions with courage.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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