INSPIRATIONS

SMILE, GOD LOVES YOU

To Stay Sober:
Don’t drink
Go to meetings
Read the Big Book
Get a sponsor
Work the steps
Help another alcoholic

Gratitude
Thank you (higher power),
For all that You have given,
For all that You have taken,
And, for all that You have left me.

How to Have a Good Day
Take time to laugh. It is the music of the soul.
Take time to think. It is the source of power.
Take time to play. It is the source of perpetual youth.
Take time to read. It is the fountain of wisdom.
Take time to pray. It is the greatest power on Earth.
Take time to love and be loved. It is a God-given privilege.
Take time to be friendly. It is the road to happiness.
Take time to give. It is too short a day to be selfish.
Take time to work. It is the price of success.

Pray daily…
           God is easier to talk to than most people.

Morning Prayer
God, please direct my thinking and keep my thoughts divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self seeking motives. Please keep my thought life clear from wrong motives and help me employ my mental faculties, that my thought-life might be placed on a higher plane, the plane of inspiration. Amen.

Evening Prayer
God, please forgive me for my failings today. Please help me live thy will better tomorrow. Show me how to correct my errors. Guide me and direct me. Remove my arrogance and fear. Grant me the humility and strength to do thy will. Amen.

(Both derived from page 86 in the Big Book)

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 JUST FOR TODAY

Just for Today, I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle my whole life-problem at once. I can do some things for twelve hours that would appall me if I felt I had to keep them up for a lifetime.
Just for Today, I will be Happy. This assumes that what Abraham Lincoln said is true, that “most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” Happiness is from Within; it is not a matter of Externals.
Just for Today, I will Adjust myself to what Is, and not try to Adjust everything to my own desires. I will take my family, my business, and my luck as they come, and fit myself to them.
Just for Today, I will take care of my Body. I will exercise it, care for it, and nourish it, and not abuse it nor neglect it; so that it will be a perfect machine for my will.
Just for Today, I will try to strengthen my mind, I will study. I will learn something useful, I will not be a mental loafer all day. I will read something that requires effort, though and concentration.
Just for Today, I will exercise my Soul. In three ways:
    (a) I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. If anybody knows of it, it will not count.
    (b) I will do at least two things I don’t want to do, as William James suggests just for exercise.
    (c) I will not show any one that my feelings are hurt. They may be hurt, but Today I will not show it.
Just for Today, I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress as becomingly as possible, talk low, act courteously, be liberal with flattery, criticize not one bit nor find fault with anything, and not try to regulate nor improve anybody.
Just for Today, I will have a Program. I will write down just what I expect to do every hour. I may not follow it exactly, but I’ll have it. It will save me from the two pests Hurry and Indecision.
Just for Today, I will have a quiet half hour, all by myself, and relax. During this half hour, some time, I will think of God, so as to get a little more perspective to my life.
Just for Today, I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to be Happy, to enjoy what is Beautiful, to love and to believe that those I love love me.

Copyright, 1921 by Frank Crane