Friday, Dec. 29, 2023
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Being quiet does not mean sacrificing productivity.
— Jane Nelsen
To be quiet is to be focused. When we are focused, we are generally much more productive. But our inner dialogue often interrupts our focus. How seldom we manage to throw our entire being into the present moment. How much more we might accomplish if we could do this at will.
Learning to be quiet is not difficult, even though it doesn’t come naturally to most of us. We are used to racing around; it doesn’t occur to us that life can be experienced in another way. Once we grow accustomed to slowing down, quieting the clatter of our thoughts, we experience a sense of peace: the knowledge of the spirit within.
How lucky for us who share this recovery path that we have the tools we need to learn quietness. Practicing the suggestions in the Eleventh Step will change our lives.
I will relish the quiet today. What I need to do can be easily accomplished with quiet focus.
Hazelden Foundation
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