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It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end. —Ursula K. LeGuin… Goals give direction to our lives. We need to know who we are and where we want to go. But the trip itself, the steps we travel, offer us daily satisfaction moment […]
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Most kids hear what you say; some kids do what you say; but all kids do what you do. —Kathleen Casey Theisen… We are role models for many people: our children, our co-workers, other women in the program. Step Twelve encourages us to set good examples for anyone who might be looking on. Living a […]
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads. —Erica Jong— There was a time when we didn’t believe we had any talents. We couldn’t imagine we had any purpose or any gift to give to the world. But it’s true: We all have […]
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What a strange pattern the shuttle of life can weave. —Frances Marion— Each experience we have plays its part in the total picture of our lives. The steps we have taken, the path we travel today, and our direction tomorrow are not by chance. There is a pattern. We each have a destiny. We may […]
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The weariest night, the longest day, sooner or later must perforce come to an end. —Baroness Orczy— The difficult spells in our lives come to an end. And no matter the depth of our disturbance, we will survive. We forget that the depths teach us how to better appreciate the heights. Sorrow heightens joy. Depression […]
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Being alone and feeling vulnerable. Like two separate themes, these two parts of myself unite in my being and sow the seeds of my longing for unconditional love. —Mary Casey— How easily we slip into self-doubt, fearing we’re incapable or unlovable, perhaps both. How common for us to look into the faces of our friends […]
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Happiness is a byproduct of an effort to make someone else happy. —Gretta Brooker Palmer— We have striven for happiness, generally in self-centered ways. We expected others to favor us with their attention, or example. Or we waited for invitations or gifts. We have probably tried to buy happiness with the purchase of a new […]
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You need only claim the events of your life to make yourself yours. —Florida Scott-Maxwell— The search is on. Everyone, everywhere, asks the question at some time, “Who am I?” Women like ourselves are fortunate to have this program. It shows us the way to self-discovery. It directs our steps to the celebration of self […]
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The beauty of the world has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder. —Virginia Woolf— Anguish is undoubtedly more familiar to us than is the beauty of laughter. We feel anguish over our failings; we feel anguish over our losses; we feel anguish over the attempts to succeed that beckon […]
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I want to dance always, to be good and not evil, and when it is all over not to have the feeling that I might have done better. —Ruth St. Denis— Our wants in life may be simple, or they may be complex. They may yet be confused in our minds, but the clarity will […]