Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-31-2018, 05:35 AM
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January 31
No regrets
Effort is...
January 31
No regrets
Effort is inconvenient, uncomfortable, time consuming. But regret is much worse.
You can make the effort now, get it done, get it over with. Or you can endure the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-30-2018, 05:22 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 30
New choice
Nothing continues...
January 30
New choice
Nothing continues about the way you are, unless you allow it to continue. Your future begins now, and you decide how to be, how to act in it.
At times you’ve...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-29-2018, 06:46 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 29
Inspired by the difficulties
...
January 29
Inspired by the difficulties
Do you want to complain about not being able to get it done? Or would you prefer to actually get it done?
Do you seek to have an impressive sounding...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-27-2018, 07:02 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 28
Be there
Sometimes words are...
January 28
Be there
Sometimes words are not necessary for encouragement. Sometimes words can even get in the way.
Sometimes the kindest thing you can do is just to be there. Sometimes your...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-27-2018, 07:02 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 27
Relentless and flexible
You...
January 27
Relentless and flexible
You can’t ever make more hours in the day but you can always make more of the hours you have. You can’t ever change what’s already happened but you can always...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-26-2018, 06:39 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 26
Inside the problem
You won’t...
January 26
Inside the problem
You won’t solve problems by complaining about them. You won’t solve problems by running from them or shouting angrily at them.
To successfully deal with the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-25-2018, 06:42 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 25
Outlast every failure
If...
January 25
Outlast every failure
If you’re making your best effort, you’re making progress. When that effort doesn’t bring the results you want, keep going.
To get it right, you’ll probably...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-24-2018, 06:27 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 24
Opportunity of this day
You...
January 24
Opportunity of this day
You have plenty of ways to begin this day on a positive note, if you choose. And keep in mind, days that start well have the best chance of going well.
So...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-23-2018, 06:46 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 23
Greater purpose
If you wish,...
January 23
Greater purpose
If you wish, you can immerse yourself fully in this moment. Or if you choose, you can focus your awareness beyond the moment and transcend this moment entirely.
At...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-22-2018, 06:06 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 22
Change of mood
You have an...
January 22
Change of mood
You have an important task to do, and you’re not in the mood to do it. But whose mood is it, anyway?
It is your mood of course, and you’re in control of it. At any...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-20-2018, 06:52 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 21
Break free
Pull your mind...
January 21
Break free
Pull your mind away from thoughts of yourself. There is a whole universe out there to consider and experience.
Ego confines your thinking. Love, gratitude and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-20-2018, 06:51 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 20
Appreciate what is
For a...
January 20
Appreciate what is
For a moment, for a day, for a lifetime, appreciate what is. Whatever may happen, whatever may be, choose to see it with a perspective of gratitude and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-19-2018, 05:59 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 19
Own your circumstances
Stop...
January 19
Own your circumstances
Stop thinking of it as somebody’s fault. Start treating it as your responsibility.
You’ve learned there’s nothing to be gained by looking for something or...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-18-2018, 06:23 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 18
Future consequences
Long...
January 18
Future consequences
Long after this day is over, you’ll be living with the consequences of what you do with it. Now, while you are living this day, you can make those future...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-17-2018, 05:13 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 17
Where life has faltered
...
January 17
Where life has faltered
Weakness carries the opportunity for new strength. Ignorance creates space for new wisdom.
Be honest with yourself about the strategies you employ to hold...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-16-2018, 05:58 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 16
Faster is not always better
...
January 16
Faster is not always better
A few things are genuinely urgent. Most things are not.
Being more impatient does not make you more important. In fact, when you rush dramatically...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-15-2018, 05:09 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 15
Positive expectations
Start...
January 15
Positive expectations
Start the day expecting good things. Go through the day living up to your expectations.
Expect effective, sustained, purposeful effort from yourself. Expect...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-13-2018, 07:02 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 14
Learn through challenge
You...
January 14
Learn through challenge
You can do plenty, and yet you are not superhuman. Be realistic about what you can and cannot do.
It is by recognizing your limitations that you begin to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-13-2018, 07:00 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 13
Let the beauty brightly shine
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January 13
Let the beauty brightly shine
See that wherever life may find you today is a beautiful place to be. Realize that whatever you have to work with is everything you need to make new...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-12-2018, 05:16 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 12
Dissolve the tension
You can...
January 12
Dissolve the tension
You can avoid much pain by simply allowing life to not be perfect. You can achieve great, beneficial outcomes when you begin by accepting the world as it is.
...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-11-2018, 06:12 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 11
Feelings are yours to use
...
January 11
Feelings are yours to use
It’s not a gaping chasm or a concrete wall. It’s a feeling, and you’ll get beyond it.
More specifically, it’s your feeling. And you can choose what to do...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-10-2018, 06:16 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 10
Power of action
The task is...
January 10
Power of action
The task is what it is. Labeling it as difficult or undesirable only gets in the way of getting it done.
See it instead as empowering. See it as the opportunity it...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-09-2018, 06:11 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 9
Wish and do
Wishing is...
January 9
Wish and do
Wishing is informative, but not transformative. Wishing is an excellent starting point, yet it is not a viable strategy.
You must forge your wish into a commitment....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-08-2018, 05:59 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 8
Focus intently
Now is ripe...
January 8
Focus intently
Now is ripe with opportunity to make a difference. Seize that opportunity in its entirety.
Whatever is sure to come later can wait for later. Whatever might...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-06-2018, 06:30 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 7
Act your commitment
How do...
January 7
Act your commitment
How do you extract rock-solid commitment from yourself? Start, and don’t stop.
Commitment is not built just with goals or affirmations. Commitment is...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-06-2018, 06:29 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 6
Beyond the doubt
Doubt is...
January 6
Beyond the doubt
Doubt is sometimes a sneaky way to be lazy. When you doubt your abilities you don’t have to go to the trouble to use them.
Go ahead, challenge yourself, your...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-05-2018, 05:21 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 5
Life clutter
When your desk...
January 5
Life clutter
When your desk is cluttered your work suffers. When your mind, emotions, awareness are cluttered your experience of life is diminished.
Clutter is what you repeatedly...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-04-2018, 06:21 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 4
Insist on achievement
The...
January 4
Insist on achievement
The easy things allow you to become bored, complacent, soft. The difficult things push you to be strong, interesting, passionate, accomplished.
Many of life’s...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-03-2018, 04:54 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 3
Give goodness to life
Maybe...
January 3
Give goodness to life
Maybe no one will notice the good you do today. Or perhaps thousands, even millions will take note.
Yet what matters is not whether anyone knows about it....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-02-2018, 06:16 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
January 2
Make new progress
After...
January 2
Make new progress
After disappointment, take positive action. After success and achievement, take positive action.
What matters now is not what has already happened. What matters...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
01-01-2018, 01:26 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,680
Daily Motivator - January
January 1
Now is pure possibility. Live joy fully in its newborn splendor.
What seem to be limitations consist mostly of faint echoes from a reality that no longer exists. Now is as fresh as...
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