Today flows from yesterday
The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday.
~ Steve Mariboli
Something to think about…
Today flows from yesterday, the day before, the day before that. Tomorrow repeats the pattern. What we are given on any one day will have its beginning in the past and its finale in the future. No incident is isolated entirely; no issue is self-contained.
Maturity is being able to let go of outgrown attitudes, stifling opinions, no matter how good and right they were at one time. Our egos often get too attached to some of our opinions, and new ideas can’t filter in. Some will try to get our attention today. We are ready for new growth. The choice not to hamper it is ours to make.
The opinions we held certain yesterday may not be adequate to the problems of today. They need not be. They served us well. They are not for naught.
Source (modified): Each Day a New Beginning | Hazelden Meditations
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Unique gifts and talents
The unique gifts and talents each of us contribute to the world add dimension and color to the rich tapestry we call life.
~ Janet S. Dickens
All of us have unique talents and gifts. Believing this fully is difficult at times; for some of us, most of the time. But it is true. What each of us can contribute to the world is unlike every other contribution. Each talent is slightly different from every other talent. And they are all needed. We are all needed.
Creativity — any kind — writing, photography, cooking, child care, weaving, managing, woodworking — nourishes the self that feels isolated and worthless. And as the self is nourished, it grows; it recovers.
Recovery means changing our lifestyle. It means reaching out to others and being there for one another. It means rejoining the human race by giving of ourselves. Our talents are the gifts the human race awaits — needs, in fact. Do we know our talents?
Source (modified): Each Day a New Beginning | Hazelden Meditations
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To understand and be understood
The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.
~ Ralph G. Nichols
Something to think about…
Our experiences educate us to help show each other the way. Others’ experiences, likewise, will help still others. We need to share our histories. There is no greater honor we can give one another than rapt attention. We each want to be heard, to be special, to be acknowledged. And recognition may well be the balm that will heal someone’s hurt today.
A new day faces us, a day filled with opportunities to really listen to someone who needs to be heard. And the surprise is that we will hear a message just right for us, where we are now. A message that may well point us in a new, better direction. Guidance is always at hand, if only we listen for it. But when we are trapped in our own narrow world of problems and confusion, we scramble whatever messages are trying to reach us. And we miss the many opportunities to make another person feel special and necessary to our lives.
Source (modified): Each Day a New Beginning | Hazelden Meditations
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Just before I fall asleep
I’m always most creative just before I fall asleep.
~ Author Unknown
Isn’t that the truth?!!!
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The thief of time
Never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.
~ Charles Dickens
Something to think about…
Procrastination is habitual. It’s perhaps a habit we’ve struggled with over the years, and not one that can be willed away. It eats at us, no doubt. How many times have we gone to bed at night depressed, discouraged, angry with ourselves for not finishing a job we promised ourselves, or someone else, we’d do? Sometimes it feels hopeless. The tasks awaiting our attention pile up, seem impossible to complete. But there is hope.
We have only this day to concern ourselves with. We can break the spell of procrastination, lethargy, immobility, if we choose. We can pick a task that needs attention, any task, preferably a small one for today. Maybe it’s writing a letter, or fixing a hem, or making an appointment to see a doctor. Deciding to do something, and then doing it, breaks through the barriers that have caged us. Immediately, we will sense the surge of freedom. In this moment, we can always act. and any act will free us.
Source (modified): Each Day a New Beginning | Hazelden Meditations
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Rain and rainbows
Everybody wants happiness,
Nobody wants pain,
But you can’t have a rainbow
Without a little rain.
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Coffee break
You haven’t had enough coffee until you can thread a sewing machine while it’s running. 
Looking in the same direction
Loving is not just looking at each other, it’s looking in the same direction.
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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