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bluidkiti · 01-19-2021, 04:09 AM

January 19

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Most of us want to be happy. We just don’t know how. We aren’t sure what happiness is. We’ve learned the hard way that some things we wanted didn’t make us happy.

We’re learning that happiness comes when we live the way our Higher Power wants us to live. That’s when we’re honest. When we do our best work. When we are a true friend. We make happiness; we don’t find it.

Sometimes we don’t even know we’re happy. We’re too busy with our work, our recovery program, our friends and family. We need to slow down and know that when we do what we need to, happiness comes.
Prayer for the Day

Higher Power, help me know that I’m most happy when I listen to You and do Your will. You know better than I do what will make me happy.
Action for the Day

What parts of my program am I most happy about? Today I’ll think of these and enjoy myself.

Today's reading is from the book Keep it Simple, Daily Meditations for Twelve Step Beginnings and Renewal

01-19-2021, 04:09 AM	#19
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 75,780	January 19 Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt Most of us want to be happy. We just don’t know how. We aren’t sure what happiness is. We’ve learned the hard way that some things we wanted didn’t make us happy. We’re learning that happiness comes when we live the way our Higher Power wants us to live. That’s when we’re honest. When we do our best work. When we are a true friend. We make happiness; we don’t find it. Sometimes we don’t even know we’re happy. We’re too busy with our work, our recovery program, our friends and family. We need to slow down and know that when we do what we need to, happiness comes. Prayer for the Day Higher Power, help me know that I’m most happy when I listen to You and do Your will. You know better than I do what will make me happy. Action for the Day What parts of my program am I most happy about? Today I’ll think of these and enjoy myself. Today's reading is from the book Keep it Simple, Daily Meditations for Twelve Step Beginnings and Renewal __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.