Gay Star News: March 27, 2014 - Satirical story publishes fake 'Jeff Gordon is gay' story - many fans react as if it is real
Thursday, March 27, 2014
March 27, 2014 - Today's Gift from Hazelden
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Today's thought from Hazelden is:
The more I learn of others' problems, the more my own problems automatically dissolve.
-- Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche
NewcomerThe second part of Step Eight says, "became willing to make amends to them all." I have to admit that this is a lot harder for me than simply recognizing that I've caused harm. I don't know if I'm ready to talk to certain people.
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The willingness to make amends to everyone we've harmed, even those who may have harmed us, is something that we don't have to force or strive for. We become willing as part of yet another gradual process in recovery. We have begun to recognize that everything is interrelated, that whatever we've done to others, we've also done in some measure to ourselves. This is true not only of any harm that we've done, but also of the compassion that we've begun to feel. As we come to understand the impact of addiction on our lives, as we release our secrets and are met with gentleness and understanding, as we participate in the healing laughter at meetings, we replace old feelings of shame with compassion. Our new capacity to feel compassion for ourselves restores and revitalizes our understanding and care for others.
We become willing to make amends when we realize that in doing so, we are healing ourselves.
Today, I cultivate openness and compassion toward others.
The more I learn of others' problems, the more my own problems automatically dissolve.
-- Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche
NewcomerThe second part of Step Eight says, "became willing to make amends to them all." I have to admit that this is a lot harder for me than simply recognizing that I've caused harm. I don't know if I'm ready to talk to certain people.
Sponsor
The willingness to make amends to everyone we've harmed, even those who may have harmed us, is something that we don't have to force or strive for. We become willing as part of yet another gradual process in recovery. We have begun to recognize that everything is interrelated, that whatever we've done to others, we've also done in some measure to ourselves. This is true not only of any harm that we've done, but also of the compassion that we've begun to feel. As we come to understand the impact of addiction on our lives, as we release our secrets and are met with gentleness and understanding, as we participate in the healing laughter at meetings, we replace old feelings of shame with compassion. Our new capacity to feel compassion for ourselves restores and revitalizes our understanding and care for others.
We become willing to make amends when we realize that in doing so, we are healing ourselves.
Today, I cultivate openness and compassion toward others.
From the book:
If You Want What We Have © 1998 by Joan Larkin
March 27, 2014 - Step by Step
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Today, if I am afraid, anxious, worried and uncertain about something in my life, I can draw strength from the mercy and blessing of my Higher Power that guided me through the darkness and fear of active alcoholism to face whatever challenges me now. If I believe that drinking was the darkest chapter of my life but that I survived with the strength of a Higher Power, I must have faith that the same strength can lead me through a lesser turmoil. The Second Step of coming to believe in a Higher Power greater than myself is my refuge from any storm I am weathering now, and the Third Step of yielding my will to that of a greater Power calms any fears or doubts with faith. Today, I can draw strength and hope from the yesterday when I had my last drink to believe that, with faith and strength in the Power that got me through those days, I can get through anything less - but only with unconditional faith and by seeking His will above mine. And our common journey continues. Step by step. - Chris M., 2014
March 27, 2014 - Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Thursday, March 27, 2014
AA Thought for the Day
You get the power to overcome drinking through the fellowship of other alcoholics who have found the way out. You get power by honestly sharing your past experience by a personal witness. You get power by coming to believe in a Higher Power, the Divine Principle in the universe which can help you. You get power by working with other alcoholics. In these four ways, thousands of alcoholics have found all the power they needed to overcome drinking.
Am I ready and willing to accept this power and work for it?
Meditation for the Day
The power of God's spirit is the greatest power in the universe. Our conquest of each other, the great kings and conquerors, the conquest of wealth, the leaders of the money society, all amount to very little in the end. But he that conquers himself is greater than he who conquers a city. Material things have no permanence. But God's spirit is eternal. Everything really worthwhile in the world is the result of the power of God's spirit.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may open myself to the power of God's spirit. I pray that my relationships with others may be improved by this spirit.
Hazelden Foundation
March 27, 2014 - A Day at a Time
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Reflection for the Day
Storing up grievances is not only a waste of time, but a waste of life that could be lived to greater satisfaction. If I keep a ledger of "oppressions and indignities," I'm only restoring them to painful reality.
"The horror of that moment," the King said, "I shall never, never forget."
"You will, though," said the Queen,
"if you don't make a memorandum of it." - Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking Glass"
Am I keeping a secret storehouse for the wreckage of my past?
Today I Pray
God keep me from harboring the sludge from the past - grievances, annoyances, grudges, oppressions, wrongs, injustices, put-downs, slights, hurts. They will nag at me and consume my time in rehashing what I "might have said" or done until I face each one, name the emotion it produced in me, settle it as best I can - and forget it. May I empty my storehouse of old grievances.
Today I Will Remember
Don't rattle old bones.
Hazelden Foundation
March 27, 2014 - The Eye Opener
The Eye OpenerThursday, March 27, 2014
Many of us can recall being fired from jobs for drinking and at the same time being given a letter of recommendation that spoke in glowing terms about our ability, Of course, the former boss was trying to be kind in avoiding any mention of the drinking problem, but such letters are actually dishonest, and it was equally dishonest when we used them to procure new jobs.
How much better it would have been if they had tried to do something constructive about the problem rather than lowering us in our own esteem by making us a party to the deceit.
Hazelden Foundation
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Video: Franklin Graham says gays ‘cannot have children’ but can ‘recruit’ them
The New Civil Rights Movement: March 26, 2014 - Watch: Franklin Graham Says Gays ‘Cannot Have Children’ But Can ‘Recruit’ Them
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