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April 3, 2014 - Today's Gift from Hazelden
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Today's thought from Hazelden is:
You are the hero of your life
Each of us plays the starring role in the drama that is our life. We co-create the script along with our Higher Power. Sometimes we forget our lines, and so we improvise as best we can. We are heroes, each of us, as we move through the events of the day, refining our character and using our gifts to shape the action of every scene.
We can each be a hero in the drama of recovery. To the casual observer, what we do and say may not appear to be at all heroic. But we - as insiders who are only too well acquainted with our individual limitations - can appreciate and applaud a difficult decision or action.
When we accept our role in life, when we pledge to use our energies to do the best we can, and when we rely on our Higher Power for guidance and support, we will be well on our way toward recovering.
I can be a hero today, even if it doesn't show.
You are the hero of your life
Each of us plays the starring role in the drama that is our life. We co-create the script along with our Higher Power. Sometimes we forget our lines, and so we improvise as best we can. We are heroes, each of us, as we move through the events of the day, refining our character and using our gifts to shape the action of every scene.
We can each be a hero in the drama of recovery. To the casual observer, what we do and say may not appear to be at all heroic. But we - as insiders who are only too well acquainted with our individual limitations - can appreciate and applaud a difficult decision or action.
When we accept our role in life, when we pledge to use our energies to do the best we can, and when we rely on our Higher Power for guidance and support, we will be well on our way toward recovering.
I can be a hero today, even if it doesn't show.
From the book:
Inner Harvest by Elisabeth L. © 1990 by Hazelden Foundation
April 3, 2014 - Step by Step
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Today, I will not let selfishness, preoccupation with myself and what problems I have and lack of empathy to blind me to the needs and problems of someone else. Human nature, and especially so with the recovering alcoholic, is to retreat into self and worry with our own problems sometimes out of a misplaced intention not to unload on others. But by withdrawing we may lose someone's helpful advice or, if nothing more, giving voice to what we fear to say. But, sometimes unintentionally, I risk alienation of others who interpret my lack of interaction as apathy to them and their own problems. Today, I break down my self-erected boundaries enough to understand that, with others, there can be sharing without dumping and there can be something I might be able to offer them in their own recoveries. And our common journey continues. Step by step. - Chris M., 2014
April 3, 2014 - Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Thursday, April 3, 2014
AA Thought for the Day
When I was drinking, I was absolutely selfish. I thought of myself first, last and always. The universe revolved around me at the center. When I woke up in the morning with a hangover, my only thought was how terrible I felt and about what I could do to make myself feel better. And the only thing I could think of was more liquor. To quit was impossible. I couldn't see beyond myself and my own need for another drink.
Can I now look out and beyond my own selfishness?
Meditation for the Day
Remember that the first quality of greatness is service. In a way, God is the greatest servant of all because He is always waiting for us to call on Him to help us in all good endeavor. His strength is always available to us, but we must ask it of Him through our own free will. It is a free gift, but we must sincerely seek for it. A life of service is the finest life we can live. We are here on earth to serve others. That is the beginning and the end of our real worth.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may cooperate with God in all good things. I pray that I may serve God and others and so lead a useful and happy life.
Hazelden Foundation
April 3, 2014 - A Day at a Time
A Day at a Time
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Reflection for the Day
In almost every instance, the returned slipper says, "I stopped going to meetings," or, "I got fed up with the same old faces," or, "My outside commitments were such that I had to cut down on meetings," or, "I felt I'd received the optimum benefits from meetings, so I sought further help from more meaningful activities." In short, they simply stopped going to meetings. A saying I've heard in The Program hits the nail on the head: "Them which stops going to meetings are not present at meetings to hear about what happens to them what stops going to meetings."
Am I going to enough meetings for me?
Today I Pray
God keep me on the track of The Program. May I never be too tired, too busy, too complacent, too bored to go to meetings. Almost always those complaints are reversed at a meeting if I will just get myself there. My weariness dissipates in serenity. My busyness is reduced to its rightful proportion. My complacency gives way to vigilance again. And how can I be bored in a place where there is so much fellowship and joy?
Today I Will Remember
Attend the meetings.
Hazelden Foundation
April 3, 2014 - The Eye Opener
The Eye Opener
Thursday, April 3, 2014
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth and all things therein contained. There is nothing on earth that God didn't put here.
True, we have manufactured things by changing sizes, shapes or chemical combinations, but all things made by man can be reduced to those elements that God originally put here on earth. All things, therefore, are God's, and He put them here for our use. He did not intend that we should hoard up surpluses and thus deprive others of their use.
Our responsibility begins in our use of these surpluses. It's God's, not ours, remember? And some of God's loved ones are in want.
Hazelden Foundation
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
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