The Work-In: Daily Motivation 5-6-2021

Thursday, May 6, 2021

Today's Gift

Eliminating the things you love is not wellness. Wellness feeds your soul and makes you feel good. --Iman

Make yourself feel good.

It's our job to first make ourselves feel better and then make ourselves feel good. Growth is not only about stopping painful feelings; it is about creating a good life for ourselves.

We don't have to deny ourselves activities that help us feel good. Going to our favorite restaurant, basking in the sun, exercising, dancing, taking a walk, or spending time with a friend are activities that may help us feel good. We each have our list. If we don't, we're now free to explore, experiment, and develop that list.

When we find a behavior or activity that produces a good feeling, put it on the list. Then, do it frequently.

Let's stop denying ourselves good feelings and start doing things that make us feel good.

Today, I will do one activity or behavior that I know will create a good feeling for me. If I'm uncertain about what I like, I will experiment with one behavior today.

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

Little importance has been given to body awareness. The emphasis is on achievement rather than awareness. Yet it is only those athletes who have a highly developed kinesthetic sense - muscle sense - who ever achieve high levels of excellence. --W. Timothy Gallwey

The outstanding athlete is guided by the feeling in their muscles and bones. They know as they move how much force to apply, how to place the ball on target, or how to dive gracefully. Competitiveness and achievement are useful in our lives. Winning provides us with motivation and fun. But when we give primary importance to being a winner, we weaken and lose balance.

Our balance is strengthened through more awareness in all aspects of our lives. If a ruler refused to hear news from a certain section of their country, their leadership would suffer. When we ignore our feelings and don't reflect on our daily lives, we become weaker and less adequate persons. As we read this page today, we are opening ourselves to internal messages and opening the windows of awareness.

Action for the Day: Today I will ask the Universe to help me find more balance and learn to be more aware.

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

Resolution and Willingness
How can we possibly summon the resolution and the willingness to get rid of
such overwhelming compulsions and desires? But again we are driven on by
the inescapable conclusion which we draw from A.A. experience, that we surely
must try with a will, or else fall by the wayside. At this stage of our progress we
are under heavy pressure to do the right thing. We are obliged to choose between
the pains of trying and the certain penalties of failing to do so. These initial steps
along the road are taken grudgingly, yet we do take them.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Seven) pp. 73 - 74

Thought to Ponder
When I choose the behavior, I choose the consequences.

AA-related 'Alconym'
A A = Altered Attitudes

From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html

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Daily Motivation

Feel good

by Ralph Marston

You can feel whatever way you choose to feel, so choose to feel good. Feel good about yourself, your world, your possibilities and your life.

You don’t have to ignore or deny the difficult realities in order to feel good. You can be fully aware and involved with life’s realities and still choose to feel good.

You can endure pain and disappointment and still choose to feel good. For there is a beautiful part of you that can always rise above the most painful and burdensome difficulties.

Choose to feel good, and you put yourself in a position of power and effectiveness. Feel good, and feel the genuine strength of your true purpose.

Feel good, and open yourself to the best possibilities. Feel good, and generate new positive energy for moving forward.

Whatever the situation, feel good about yourself and about what you can do. Feel good about life, and let those feelings create a positive reality.

From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/