Just For Today Meditations For Month Of March

[Butterfly Woman]

Grateful God is helping me to keep my priorites in order

[Rusty Zipper]

i'll fill in for you vic if your not around

[Luckyv2]

March 08, 2010
Learning to love ourselves
Page 70

"I will do something today that helps me recognize and feel love for myself."

"We'll love you until you can learn to love yourself!' These words, heard so often in our meetings, promise a day we look forward to eagerly-the day when we'll know how to love ourselves.

Self-esteem-we all want this elusive quality as soon as we hear about it. Some of us seem to stumble upon it accidentally, while others embark on a course of action complete with affirmations made to our reflections in the mirror. But fix-it-yourself techniques and trendy psychological cures can only take us so far.

There are some definite, practical steps we can take to show love for ourselves, whether we "feel" that love or not. We can take care of our personal responsibilities. We can do nice things for ourselves, as we would for a lover or a friend. We can start paying attention to our own needs. We can even pay attention to the qualities that we cherish in our friends- qualities like intelligence and humor-and look for those same qualities in ourselves. We're sure to find that we really are lovable people, and once we do that, we're well on our way.

Just for Today: What we want most is to feel good about ourselves.

Basic Text, p. 97

Just For Today Daily Meditation is the property of Narcotics Anonymous©

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(03-08-2010 01:22 AM)Luckyv2 Wrote:  March 08, 2010
Learning to love ourselves
Page 70

"I will do something today that helps me recognize and feel love for myself."

"We'll love you until you can learn to love yourself!' These words, heard so often in our meetings, promise a day we look forward to eagerly-the day when we'll know how to love ourselves.

Self-esteem-we all want this elusive quality as soon as we hear about it.

This one guy that runs Valley Hope in Norton Kansas comes down here quite a bit and he says, Look in the mirror in your eyes and repeat 30 times everyday for a month "I Am A Child of God In Whom he is well pleased" You probably might not believe it at first and if you keep being a repeat offender you might take a lot more time

[Butterfly Woman]

Thanx Vic...It sure took me a long time and it took a lot of others loveing me until I could learn to love myself

[Rusty Zipper]

and today, we can be the others

[Believe808]

Quote:This one guy that runs Valley Hope in Norton Kansas comes down here quite a bit and he says, Look in the mirror in your eyes and repeat 30 times everyday for a month "I Am A Child of God In Whom he is well pleased" You probably might not believe it at first and if you keep being a repeat offender you might take a lot more time

My sponsor had me look in the mirror every time I passed one and say I love you, you are a good person. It felt weird doing it at first, but it does really help.

[Luckyv2]

March 09, 2010
Small things
Page 71

"I will work on patience. I will try to keep from blowing things out of proportion, and walk with my Higher Power through my day."

Making mountains out of molehills seems to be our specialty. Have you heard it said that to an addict, a flat tire is a traumatic event? Or how about those of us who forget all pretense of principle when confronted with a bad driver? And what about that can opener that won't work

you know, the one you just threw out the second story window? We can relate when we hear others share, "God, grant me patience right now!"

No, it's not the major setbacks that drive us to distraction. The big things

divorce, death, serious illness, the loss of a job

will throw us, but we survive them. We've learned from experience that we must reach out to our Higher Power and others to make it through life's major crises. It's the small things, the constant day-to-day challenges of living life without the use of drugs, that seem to affect most addicts most strongly in recovery.

When the little things get to us, the Serenity Prayer can help us regain our perspective. We can all remember that "turning over" these small matters to the care of our Higher Power results in peace of mind and a refreshed perspective on life.

Just for Today: In the past, we made simple situations into problems; we made mountains out of molehills.

Basic Text, p. 87

Just For Today Daily Meditation is the property of Narcotics Anonymous©

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(03-09-2010 11:24 AM)Luckyv2 Wrote:  March 09, 2010
Small things
Page 71

"I will work on patience. I will try to keep from blowing things out of proportion, and walk with my Higher Power through my day."

The big things

divorce, death, serious illness, the loss of a job

will throw us, but we survive them. We've learned from experience that we must reach out to our Higher Power and others to make it through life's major crises. It's the small things, the constant day-to-day challenges of living life without the use of drugs, that seem to affect most addicts most strongly in recovery.

When the little things get to us, the Serenity Prayer can help us regain our perspective. We can all remember that "turning over" these small matters to the care of our Higher Power results in peace of mind and a refreshed perspective on life.

Just for Today: In the past, we made simple situations into problems; we made mountains out of molehills.

Basic Text, p. 87

Just For Today Daily Meditation is the property of Narcotics Anonymous©

I have to disagree with this cause it was the lost and the serious illness of both of us at the same time that threw me out of control. I took myself off my meds and when my Sister died (the little things?) big things? Whatever I started making music videos. You can tell from them early on that through the videos I was reaching out for help, knowing I was about to stick a needle in my arm. Which I did.

Been Six months BIG DEAL!

I paniced so bad yesterday I delelted all my sites but 3.

Does it matter? No not really..

[Butterfly Woman]

No matter if it is little things or big things..God handles 'em all..no job too big or too small for Him...I just got to remember when my ego gets in the way it is me that needs to be right sized by Him

[Rusty Zipper]

Quote:Been Six months BIG DEAL!

it is a big deal you jackass

please treat it as such,

your still alive, and have a chance at a better rest of your life.

and can pass that on to others that are in simular situations...

keep refuse'n to give up or give in vic

[Rusty Zipper]

another thought,

if we need help, we reach out and ask for, not imply it in a music video.

as a sponsor, that what i would say...