The Work-In: Daily Motivation 6-1-2021

 Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Today's Gift

Confidence is directness and courage in meeting the facts of life. - Author: John Dewey

We feel safe around direct, honest people. They speak their minds, and we know where we stand with them.

Indirect people, people who are afraid to say who they are, what they want, and what they're feeling, cannot be trusted. They will somehow act out their truth even though they do not speak it. And it may catch everyone by surprise.

Directness saves time and energy. It removes us as victims. It dispenses with martyrdom and games. It helps us own our power. It creates respectful relationships.

It feels safe to be around direct, honest people. Be one.

Today, I will own my power to be direct. I do not have to be passive, nor do I need to be aggressive. I will become comfortable with my own truth, so those around me can become comfortable with me.

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 only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly. ~Henry David Thoreau

Recovery teaches us to tell the truth. We must be honest if we want to save our lives. We must learn to speak with care—care for ourselves and for others.

To be honest means to speak in a fair and truthful way. To be honest and loving means learning when to speak, and how to speak, in a caring way. We can help others by honestly telling them what we think and feel and see—but only when we do this with love.

We must be careful when we speak. Speaking the truth is like using a very sharp knife—it can be used for good, or it can be used to hurt others. We should never handle it carelessly or use it to hurt someone.

Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me know the truth. Help me speak the truth to others with love.

Action for the Day: I’ll make a list of three times I’ve hurt someone by being honest, but not with love. I’ll also list three times I’ve helped someone by being truthful, with love.

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

Essentials of Recovery
Most emphatically we wish to say that any alcoholic capable of honestly
facing their problems in the light of our experience can recover, provided
they do not close their mind to all spiritual concepts. They can only be
defeated by an attitude of intolerance or belligerent denial. We find that
no one need have difficulty with the spirituality of the program.
Willingness, honesty and open mindedness are the essentials of recovery.
But these are indispensable.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (Appendix II, Spiritual Experience) p. 568

Thought to Ponder
The Twelve Steps -- a manuscript for rational living.

AA-related 'Alconym'
H O W = Honesty, Open-mindedness, Willingness

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

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Daily Motivation

Excerpt of The Daily Motivator

You’re better

by Ralph Marston

You’re better than frustration. You’re better than procrastination.

You’re better than making excuses. You’re better than taking shortcuts.

You’re better than you were yesterday. You’re better than all the situations and choices that used to pull you down and hold you back.

You’re better because of every moment you’ve lived. You’re better because of the mistakes you’ve made and all you’ve learned from those mistakes.

Today your choices can be better than before. Today your results can be better than ever.

Whatever you’ve been through, now you’re better. See what an amazing opportunity that is, and put it to good use.

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