Monday, May 31, 2021
Today's Gift
Being dissatisfied, discontented, with the experiences life gives us forever hampers our growth. Reality is not our bane but our gift. The particular reality perceived by any one of us is of special significance because in that reality are our lessons - the very lessons that will awaken us to the awareness that what life offers is just what we deserve, and more.
It's our interpretation of life's realities that is at fault. But as we grow, spiritually, the clouds will disappear. We'll come to understand the interplay between our realities. And we'll willingly move ahead, fulfilling our part in life's bigger picture.
Sometimes all I can do is trust that all is well, even though it's not as I had hoped. On bad days I need only to reflect on the past to know that I am moving in the right direction.
From Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women by Karen Casey ©
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
Walk in Dry Places
Everyday risks.... Courage
We have to take certain risks if we hope to achieve anything. Applying for a job entail a risk of reject. Saving money carries a risk of losing it. Falling in love can result in heartbreak.
We have to take such risks because life is ordered that way. We are hear to learn, and learning includes pressing into unknown situations where we could fail.
The Universe could have created us in such a way we could either avoid risks or not unduly concerned about the. Animals, for example, live with risks but do no seem to worry about them.
We must accept risk as part of the Universe's plan for us. We also are given tools for working with uncertainties. We have our innate intelligence and a capacity for prudent, reasoned action. We have friends who will help us. Above all, we have our Higher Power, who guides and directs us through all sorts of risky conditions.
Action for the Day: I cannot face life without also facing uncertainties. Today I'll accept risk as a part of ordinary living.
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
Such a bluffing of oneself will have to go the way of many another pleasant
rationalization. At the very least, we shall have to come to grips with some
of our worst character defects and take action toward their removal as
quickly as we can. The moment we say, "No, never!" our minds close
against the grace of our Higher Power. Delay is dangerous, and rebellion may be fatal.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Six) p. 69
Thought to Ponder
Delay is the deadliest form of denial.
AA-related 'Alconym'
F E A R = Fighting Ego Against Reality
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html
Every choice matters***************************Daily MotivationExcerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
None of the choices you make are trivial. Because each one of them interacts with your life, and is profound to a degree impossible to comprehend.
None of the moments you spend are meaningless. Every moment moves your life in one particular direction or another.
It’s easy to mentally write off the small things. Yet those small things all stay with you in some way, and add up, and make your life what it is.
Diligence, discipline, respect, and gratitude can sometimes seem like distant, empty platitudes. Yet they are immensely practical and serve as a bulwark against a life of despair.
The way to make your life mean something is to make each choice mean something. Fulfillment is as immediately accessible as the time and place and situation you are in.
Life is a series of choices, and every choice matters. Choose now to make more of them matter in a good way.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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