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What most of us want is to be heard, to communicate. —Dory Previn— Our personhood is denied; the self we are presenting to the word is negated each time we speak, yet go unheard. “The greatest gift we can give one another is rapt attention.” If we want attention, we must also give it. That […]
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You were there when I needed you. You stood above all of the others with your strength and you guided me. To each of you I offer my being, my love and all that I am. —Deidra Sarault— Each of us is guided while we act as guides to one another, throughout the day, throughout […]
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Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression. –Margaret Sanger Our desire to grow, to make a place for ourselves in the world of our friends, to know that we have […]
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Fortunately [psycho]analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist. –Karen Horney The passage of time, coupled with an openness to the messages gleaned from our conversations with others, can provide answers we need for the way out of painful situations. Life is ebb and flow, […]
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Each Day a New Beginning “I can’t help it” . . . that’s what we all say when we don’t want to exert ourselves. –Eva Lathbury Irresponsible behavior is not unfamiliar to us. Passivity is equally familiar. In the past, excusing ourselves of all responsibility prevented us from being blamed. We have learned that it […]
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Each Day a New Beginning I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion. –Billie Jean King Champions are made. How lucky we are to have the Steps to guide us to become champions. The program promises us self-awareness, but we have to put forth the effort. And the process isn’t […]
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You’ve got to get up every morning with a smile on your face, And show the world all the love in your heart, Then people gonna treat you better. You’re gonna find, yes, you will, That you’re beautiful as you feel. —Carole King— “Act as if.” There’s magic in behaving the way we want to […]
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She had trouble defining herself independently of her husband, tried to talk to him about it, but he said nonsense, he had no trouble defining her at all. —Cynthia Propper Seton— To recover means to learn who we are, independent of friends, children, parents, or intimate partners. It means knowing how we want to spend […]
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One cannot have wisdom without living life. —Dorothy McCall— Living life means responding, wholly, to our joys and our pitfalls. It means not avoiding the experiences or activities that we fear we can’t handle. Only through our survival of them do we come to know who we really are; we come to understand the strength […]
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Too many activities, and people, and things. Too many worthy activities, valuable things, and interesting people. For it is not merely the trivial which clutters our lives but the important as well. —Anne Morrow Lindbergh— We need interaction with others, and we need activities. We have many gifts to offer those who cross our paths, […]