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No person is your enemy, no person is your friend, and every person is your teacher. —Florence Scovel Shinn— We can open ourselves to opportunities today. They abound in our lives. No circumstance we find ourselves in is detrimental to our progress. No relationship with someone at work or at home is superfluous to our […]
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I used to think I’d never know the difference between serenity and depression because depression subdued me. —S.H.— Depression is familiar to us all, and less incapacitating than it used to be. We have made progress, we can be assured. “This too shall pass” is not an empty slogan. Each of us can recall, with […]
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It isn’t for the moment you are struck that you need courage, but for the long uphill climb back to sanity and faith and security. —Anne Morrow Lindbergh— Most of us are on a long uphill climb at this moment. It’s a climb we are making together, and yet a climb we can’t do for […]
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I do not want to die . . . until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown. —Kathe Kollwitz— There’s so much to do before we rest . . . so much to do. We each are […]
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It’s astonishing in this world how things don’t turn out at all the way you expect them to! —Agatha Christie— Probably every day of our lives, a plan goes awry. Often we have counted heavily on a particular outcome. We generally assume we have all things under control and know exactly what’s best for us, […]
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Remember your good memories, but live for today and keep the memories behind you. —Jodi K. Elliott— The stuff of our memories comprises who we have become. Each recollection is akin to an ingredient in a simmering pot of stew. The full flavor of our lives is enhanced by each additional experience, whether it is […]
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We can build upon foundations anywhere if they are well and firmly laid. —Ivy Compton-Burnett— Recovery is a process, one that rebuilds our lives. And the Twelve Steps provide the foundation to support our growth as healthy, productive women. But each Step must be carefully and honestly worked, or the whole foundation will be weakened. […]
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman. —Vicki Baum— We must move forward with confidence, trusting that the strength we need will be given us, having faith in our visions to guide us. Problems need not daunt us. Rather, they can spur us on to more creative activity. They challenge […]
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For all the sadness of closure, there is a new and joyful unfolding in the process of becoming. —Mary Casey— We must let go of people, places, memories, and move on to new experiences. The doors of the past must be closed before we can enter those that are opening to us today. However, no […]
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… satisfaction is a lowly thing, how pure a thing is joy. —Marianne Moore— Our perfectionism generally dashes all hopes of self-satisfaction. But the program is here to show us that we can make progress. We can learn to believe that we are doing any task as well as we need to do it, at […]