Friday, June 4, 2021
Today's Gift
Happiness feels so close and yet so far away. Perhaps we look to a person for it, or to a job, or a new winter coat. We deserve happiness, we know. Yet, we learn so slowly that happiness can only be found within. The person leaves; the job goes sour; the new coat is quickly out of style. Elusive, all of them.
But the happiness that comes from knowing who we are and how our lives fit in the grand design of the Creator, never eludes us. We are one of a kind. And there is no other who can offer to the world of friends just what each of us can. We are needed, and knowing that, really knowing it, brings happiness.
Before we found our true self, we no doubt failed to realize our worth. We can celebrate it now. We can glory in our worth, our specialness, and we can cherish the design. We can cherish our parts and cherish the part each other person plays.
Combined, we are as one big orchestra. The conductor reads the music and directs the movements. Being in tune with the conductor feels good. I can call it happiness. All I need do is play my part.
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
********************************Twenty-Four Hours a DayKeep It Simple
Some days we feel bad about ourselves. Perhaps there is no real reason except a mood has come over us. Moodiness is a remnant of our past. Or perhaps we feel guilty or ashamed or hurt. We feel blue. We feel grouchy toward ourselves or toward others around us and the world.
This is a time to turn it over to our Higher Power. We are children of the universe. We are loved. Our Creator has endowed us with marvelous strengths and potentials. Today may be a day we allow ourselves to be carried along by the love of our Higher Power. If we reach out we will feel the presence of the spirit in our contact with other people. We need not try so hard. We only need to pray for openness within ourselves to feel the love of our Higher Power.
Action for the Day: I pray for help today to renew the feeling within that my Higher Power loves me and never abandons me.
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
To watch the eyes of people open with wonder as they move from
darkness into light, to see their lives quickly fill with new purpose and meaning,
to see whole families reassembled, to see the alcoholic outcast received back
into his community in full citizenship, and above all to watch these people awaken
to the presence of a loving Higher Power in their lives—these things are the substance of
what we receive as we carry A.A.'s message to the next alcoholic.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (Step Twelve) p. 110
Thought to Ponder
In AA, we discover that it is impossible to give without receiving,
or receive without giving.
AA-related 'Alconym'
H E A R T S = Helping Each Alcoholic Reach Their Sobriety
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html
Authentic good***************************Daily MotivationExcerpt of The Daily Motivator
by Ralph Marston
Refuse to let the pain and fear corrupt you or discourage you. You have the power to make a difference and the kindness to use that power for authentic good.
You no longer have to be resentful about what must be done. You can choose to be empowered by it.
Claim the courage that is already yours and put it to use. Feel the strength that has always been there, connect it with good and beautiful purpose.
In the sincerity of the love you give is an endless source of confidence. In what you have to offer is a continuing stream of value.
Discover all the ways you can love what is. Apply that love to what can be.
Put one foot in front of the other and go, go, go. Do life, do it honestly, do it with authenticity, and do it exceptionally well.
Refuse to let the pain and fear corrupt you or discourage you. You have the power to make a difference and the kindness to use that power for authentic good.
You no longer have to be resentful about what must be done. You can choose to be empowered by it.
Claim the courage that is already yours and put it to use. Feel the strength that has always been there, connect it with good and beautiful purpose.
In the sincerity of the love you give is an endless source of confidence. In what you have to offer is a continuing stream of value.
Discover all the ways you can love what is. Apply that love to what can be.
Put one foot in front of the other and go, go, go. Do life, do it honestly, do it with authenticity, and do it exceptionally well.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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