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Meditation for the Day: In material things, you must rely on your own wisdom and that of others. In spiritual things, you cannot rely so much on your own wisdom as on God’s guidance.Most of us hate to have our covers pulled; we don’t like being laid naked in full view. The experience delivers a strong dose of humility. Our first reaction to such a disclosure is usually shock and anger, yet we recognize the truth when we hear it. What we are having is a rude awakening. Such awakenings often disclose barriers that block us ...Today’s Reminder: I will reach out to another Al-Anon member today. If that person is busy or unavailable, I’ll make another call. “We must learn to lean on others, and sometimes accept others’ leaning on us. We can’t do it alone.”. – Alateen—Hope for Children of Alcoholics. From the book “Courage to Change”.Courage to Change: I suspect that if I reclaimed all the minutes, hours, and days I’ve sacrificed to worry and fear, I’d add years to my life. When I succumb to worry, I open a Pandora’s box of terrifying pictures, paranoid voices, and relentless self-criticism. The more attention I pay to this mental static, the more I lose my foothold ...

Meditation for the Day: I believe that life is a school in which I must learn spiritual things. I must trust in God and He will teach me. I must listen to God and He will speak through my mind. I must commune with Him in spite of all opposition and every obstacle. There will be days when I will hear no voice in my mind and when there will come ...

AA Thought for the Day: The way of AA is the way of sobriety, fellowship, service, and faith. Let us take up each one of these things and see if our feet are truly on the way. The first and greatest to us is sobriety. The others are built on sobriety as a foundation.One Day at a Time in Al-Anon: It seems strange, when I think of it, that God is most vivid to my consciousness when I am in the depths of despair, and all I can say to Him is: “God help me!”. And He does help us when we turn to Him in our great need, for “man’s extremity is God’s opportunity.”. An equally imperative reason for ...

We achieve self-acceptance through the process of ongoing recovery. Working the Twelve Steps of Narcotics Anonymous teaches us to accept ourselves and our lives. Spiritual principles like surrender, honesty, faith, and humility help relieve us of the burden of our past mistakes. Our attitude changes with the application of these principles in ...Daily Ponderables is your source for encouragement & inspiration 365 days a year. Subscribe!Oct 18, 2023 · Meditation for the Day: Not until you have failed can you learn true humility. Humility arises from a deep sense of gratitude to God for giving you the strength to rise above past failures. Humility is not inconsistent with self-respect. The true person has self-respect and the respect of others and yet is humble. Meditation for the Day: God’s spirit is all around you all day long. You have no thoughts, no plans, no impulses, no emotions that He does not know about. You can hide nothing from Him. Do not make your conduct conform only to that of the world and do not depend on the approval or disapproval of others. God sees in secret, but He rewards …

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Today’s Reminder: I am only a small cog in the machinery of the universe; my trying to run things my own way is doomed to failure. A bright and serene success is at hand once I learn to let go. Then I’ll have time to count my blessings, work on my own shortcomings, and enjoy each minute of every day. “What hurt could it do thee if thou ...Meditation for the Day: I must keep balance by keeping spiritual things at the center of my life. God will give me this poise and balance if I pray for it. This poise will give me power in dealing with the lives of others. This balance will manifest itself more and more in my own life. I should keep material things in their proper place and ...Philosophers around the world have long pondered the question of whether human morality is exceptional. My dog Mu is very, very good. Obviously. Except of course, when she is a bit...Still, it is important to remember that the past is over. We are powerless over what has gone before. Although we can take steps to make amends, we cannot change the fact that we have harmed others. And we cannot change the fact that others have harmed us. We have only the power to change this present day. The best use we can make of the past ...I was struggling to solve a tough problem, growing frustrated and upset but no closer to a solution. I asked my Higher Power for help and suddenly remembered that basket. In my mind, I imagined myself reaching once more into a basket full of slogans. Again I got exactly what I needed: The slip of paper I pictured reminded me that “Easy Does ...I6. Learning in recovery is hard work. The things we most need to know are often the hardest to learn. We study recovery to prepare ourselves for the experiences life will give us. As we listen to others share in meetings, we take mental notes we can refer to later. To be prepared, we study our notes and literature between “lessons.”.

Ever ponder how long that email should be? He's a guide to help you decide the best word count bang for your buck! Written by Alex Sobal @asobal_weidert Whenever your teacher assig...3 days ago · AA Thought for the Day: When we come into AA looking for a way out of drinking, we really need a lot more than that. We need fellowship. We need to get the things that are troubling us out into the open. We need a new outlet for our energies and we need a new strength beyond ourselves that will help us face life instead of running away from it. “Lullaby” by Leslie Marmon Silko is a short story about an old woman named Ayah who reminisces about the tragic times in her life. Ayah also ponders the role of her mother and gran...Meditation for the Day: These meditations can teach us how to relax. We can be of service to other people in a small way, at least. And we can be happy while doing it.We begin to enjoy life, finding purpose in our existence. Each day we choose to stay clean, our spirit is revitalized and our relationship with our God grows. Our spirit becomes stronger each day we choose life by staying clean. Despite the fact that our new life in recovery is rewarding, the urge to use can sometimes be overwhelming.Charging through life like the house is on fire exhausts us and gets us nowhere. In the long run, no amount of manipulation on our part will change a situation. When we let go and allow ourselves access to a Higher Power, we will discover the best way to proceed. Rest assured, answers derived from a sound spiritual basis will be far superior to ... We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.

Learning how to live again “We learn new ways to live. We are no longer limited to our old ideas.” – Basic Text, p. 56. We may or may not have been taught right from wrong and other basics of life as children.

Courage to Change: After working Al-Anon’s Twelve Steps zealously for over a year, I was despondent over my continuing lapses into self-pity and resentment over the alcoholic’s inability to give me the emotional support I wanted. One evening during a meditation on the Sixth and Seventh Steps, three words seemed to flash in my mind: We were ...Courage to Change: I am so grateful to belong to a fellowship where everyone speaks for himself or herself. Al-Anon has no spokesperson, no authority who tells what “our” experience has been.Are we having fun yet? “ln time, we can relax and enjoy the atmosphere of recovery.” – Basic Text, p. 56. Imagine what would happen if a newcomer walked into one of our meetings and was met by a group of grim-faced people gripping the arms of … Daily Ponderables is your source for encouragement & inspiration 365 days a year. Subscribe! I turn my head away. I squeeze my eyes shut. My knuckles ache as my fists clench. Fingernails bite into my palms. I exhaust myself. I hurt! On the other hand, when I trust God to give me what I need, I let go. I face forward. My hands are free for healthy, loving, and enjoyable activities.I6. Learning in recovery is hard work. The things we most need to know are often the hardest to learn. We study recovery to prepare ourselves for the experiences life will give us. As we listen to others share in meetings, we take mental notes we can refer to later. To be prepared, we study our notes and literature between “lessons.”.1 day ago · Meditation for the Day: The Kingdom of Heaven is within you. God sees, as no one can see, what is within you. He sees you growing more and more like Himself. That is your reason for existence, to grow more and more like God, to develop more and more the spirit of God within you. You can often see in others those qualities and aspirations that ... Meditation for the Day: In material things, you must rely on your own wisdom and that of others. In spiritual things, you cannot rely so much on your own wisdom as on God’s guidance.

Courage to Change: It is not necessary for me to map out a master plan for my recovery — my Higher Power has already done that. It is only necessary to humbly ask for God’s guidance and for the willingness to follow that guidance today. I know that I am not alone: I will receive all the help I need along the way.

When we work the steps and pray each time we discover we’re not living in the present, we’ll notice that those times aren’t occurring as often as they used to. Our faith will help us live just for today. We’ll have hours, even days, when our full attention is focused on the current moment in time, not the regrettable past or fearful future.

DAILY PONDERABLES. DAILY PONDERABLES Together WE Trudge The Road OF Happy Destiny Daily Reflections. AT THE TURNING POINT. Half measures availed us nothing, We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 59. Everyday I stand at turning points. Courage to Change: Before I discovered Al-Anon I often used other people’s problems as an excuse to avoid my obligations. I loved the drama of another’s crisis and talked about it at every opportunity. My own life seemed increasingly trivial, and my problems felt silly. It was therefore very difficult for me to focus on myself when I came ...A sense of humor “We find that when we lose self-obsession, we are able to understand what it means to be happy, joyous, and free.” – Basic Text, p.Courage to Change. “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things l cannot change, the courage to change the things l can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”. – Serenity Prayer. Recovery involves change, and change means doing things differently. The problem is, many of us resist doing things differently; what we’re doing …A fairly usual idea in some Al-Anon groups is that we attend meetings only to hear other people’s tragic stories — blow-by-blow descriptions that we can perhaps identify with. This is one — but only one — of Al-Anon’s functions. But when the stories are a continual rehash of the alcoholic’s misdeeds, nobody learns anything except ...Paying someone a compliment that comes from the heart, or thanking them sincerely for their kindness, may be the nicest thing I can do for myself today. “It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.”. – Abraham Lincoln. From the book “Courage to Change”.The restoration of self-esteem is one of Al-Anon’s prime functions. It doesn’t encourage a big-ego view of ourselves, but in helping us to see ourselves as we really are, we learn to sort out our good qualities, and on that foundation to build stronger, better personalities. “I am grateful for what Al-Anon is doing for me.One Day at a Time in Al-Anon: Most of us in Al-Anon realize the importance of prayer. We may “think” a prayer many times a day: “Thank You, God, for helping me to do this chore;” “Please let me see the beauty in the ordinary and usual: a tree, a child, a sunrise;” “Help me not to brood on this injury but show me where I am at fault,”— and so on.AA Thought for the Day: If we allow an alcoholic thought to lodge in our minds for any length of time, we are in danger of having a slip. Therefore we must dispel such thoughts at once, by refusing their admittance and by immediately putting constructive thoughts in their place.Courage to Change: I am so grateful to belong to a fellowship where everyone speaks for himself or herself. Al-Anon has no spokesperson, no authority who tells what “our” experience has been. I am the only one who can tell my story. I find it very comforting to be part of a group of people who share some of my problems and feelings.Daily Ponderables is your source for encouragement & inspiration 365 days a year. Subscribe!Just for Today. “When we stop living in the here and now, our problems become magnified unreasonably.”. – Basic Text, p. 99. “Just for today” — it’s a comforting thought. If we try to live in the past, we may find ourselves torn by painful, disquieting memories. The lessons of our using are not the teachers we seek for recovery.

Today’s Reminder: I am only a small cog in the machinery of the universe; my trying to run things my own way is doomed to failure. A bright and serene success is at hand once I learn to let go. Then I’ll have time to count my blessings, work on my own shortcomings, and enjoy each minute of every day. “What hurt could it do thee if thou ...Detachment with love was out of the question! A major change of attitude began when my Sponsor repeated a line from a play that had helped her understand the need to detach with love: “The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them.”. I realized that by detaching with indifference, I might be ...Meditation for the Day: You were meant to be at home and comfortable in the world. Yet some people live a life of quiet desperation. This is the opposite of being at home and at peace in the world.Instagram:https://instagram. ministry gridpoonerssubrogation referrals optumshivam groceries marietta ga Many of us took our First Step only when we had evidence that addicts could recover in Narcotics Anonymous. In NA, we find others who’ve been in the same predicament, with the same needs, who’ve found tools that work for them. These addicts are willing to share those tools with us and give us the emotional support we need as we learn to use ... ess dcpsuhaul ashburn va Fear of the Fourth Step. “As we approach this step, most of us are afraid that there is a monster inside of us that, if released, will destroy us.”. – Basic Text, p. 27. Most of us are terrified to look at ourselves, to probe our insides. We’re afraid that if we examine our actions and motives, we’ll find a bottomless black pit of ... can't see the haters meme We achieve self-acceptance through the process of ongoing recovery. Working the Twelve Steps of Narcotics Anonymous teaches us to accept ourselves and our lives. Spiritual principles like surrender, honesty, faith, and humility help relieve us of the burden of our past mistakes. Our attitude changes with the application of these principles in ... We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Today’s Reminder: As I look back over this year, I will consider calmly my actions and attitudes, just as though I were evaluating the progress of someone else. I will not make it an occasion for guilt and regret. I will blame no one else for anything that happened, for I have learned in Al-Anon that I am not a judge of others. This day, and ...