Category Archives: Attitude of Gratitude

Daily Reading – June 28, 2012

We fear our highest possibility (as well as our lowest one). We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments. —Abraham Maslow In our daily lives, we may dream of success and achievement.

Daily Reading – June 28, 2012

We fear our highest possibility (as well as our lowest one). We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments. —Abraham Maslow In our daily lives, we may dream of success and achievement.

Daily Reading – June 20, 2012

Today is just one day out of many but each day has its life to be lived. Though often I take a reading from one Al-Anon or 12 Step book or another, today I am thinking about the slogan Live

Daily Reading – June 20, 2012

Today is just one day out of many but each day has its life to be lived. Though often I take a reading from one Al-Anon or 12 Step book or another, today I am thinking about the slogan Live

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Daily Recovery Reading – March 30, 2012

Every day we have a choice.  Sometimes we choose wisely, sometimes poorly.  Sometimes we choose to be angry, sometimes resentful , sometimes regretful…or not. A woman sat complaining, downhearted, convinced that the world as we know it was changing quickly

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Daily Recovery Reading – March 30, 2012

Every day we have a choice.  Sometimes we choose wisely, sometimes poorly.  Sometimes we choose to be angry, sometimes resentful , sometimes regretful…or not. A woman sat complaining, downhearted, convinced that the world as we know it was changing quickly

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Living a Life of Gratitude is a Choice

Living a Life of Gratitude is a Choice Image by Axel Bührmann via Flickr When you wake up in the morning what is the first thing you think about? Do you take that moment of awareness whether long or short to

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Living a Life of Gratitude is a Choice

Living a Life of Gratitude is a Choice Image by Axel Bührmann via Flickr When you wake up in the morning what is the first thing you think about? Do you take that moment of awareness whether long or short to

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Daily Recovery Reading – January 6, 2012

Until I came into Al-Anon, I thought nobody had a problem as bad as mine.  That gave me plenty of reason to feel sorry for myself, to resent what the alcoholic was doing, and to hammer away at his mistakes

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Daily Recovery Reading – January 6, 2012

Until I came into Al-Anon, I thought nobody had a problem as bad as mine.  That gave me plenty of reason to feel sorry for myself, to resent what the alcoholic was doing, and to hammer away at his mistakes

Daily Recovery Reading – November 8, 2011

Normally, we do not so much look at things as overlook them. —Alan Watts As we live our very busy lives we might say, “How full and rich my life is!” But are we stopping long enough to look, to

Daily Recovery Reading – November 8, 2011

Normally, we do not so much look at things as overlook them. —Alan Watts As we live our very busy lives we might say, “How full and rich my life is!” But are we stopping long enough to look, to

Gratitude – A Bridge to Love

I was pondering this morning how to change from a negative mood (which I was surely beginning to be in) and a positive one.  I quickly turned to my Higher Power for wisdom.  I thought about being grateful and so

Gratitude – A Bridge to Love

I was pondering this morning how to change from a negative mood (which I was surely beginning to be in) and a positive one.  I quickly turned to my Higher Power for wisdom.  I thought about being grateful and so

Picture of the Day – August 13, 2011

Look for the beauty and capture it in your heart. It is there regardless of whether we notice it, yet it is in noticing it and appreciating it, that it makes all the difference in our lives. ~Adrienne M.

Picture of the Day – August 13, 2011

Look for the beauty and capture it in your heart. It is there regardless of whether we notice it, yet it is in noticing it and appreciating it, that it makes all the difference in our lives. ~Adrienne M.

Daily Recovery Reading – July 1, 2011

Most of us have spent far too much time feeling badly about who we are and what we have done.  We may have been harshly criticized by others or we may have simply lost perspective and become overly hard on

Daily Recovery Reading – July 1, 2011

Most of us have spent far too much time feeling badly about who we are and what we have done.  We may have been harshly criticized by others or we may have simply lost perspective and become overly hard on

Daily Recovery Reading – June 8, 2011

What first brought me to Al-Anon? The promise of relief from an intolerable burden.  I came, in other words, to get something, just as we all do.  By and by I found that “getting” depends largely on my willingness to

Daily Recovery Reading – June 8, 2011

What first brought me to Al-Anon? The promise of relief from an intolerable burden.  I came, in other words, to get something, just as we all do.  By and by I found that “getting” depends largely on my willingness to