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Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind. ––Helen Keller— Facing conditions we would like to change, letting go of people we wish were different, takes growth, patience, tolerance. We’re so easily enticed into thinking we’d be happier, “If only he’d change,” or “If I had a better job,” or “If the kids would settle […]
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We can never go back again, that much is certain. –Daphne DuMaurier— Yesterday is gone, but its experiences will be reflected in those of today. We learned from both the good and the bad situations of yesterday. Where we travel today, likewise, will influence our direction tomorrow. We can’t do over what has gone before, […]
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You must do the thing you think you cannot do. -—Eleanor Roosevelt— How can we ever do that which seems impossible? Taking a class, quitting a job, leaving a destructive relationship behind, asking for help; none of these can we do alone or with ease. All of these we can handle when we rely on […]
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No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently. —Agnes DeMille— The day ahead offers us choices of many kinds–some big ones, many that will affect other persons close to us, a few that will have profound effects on our destiny. But no choice, no decision we […]
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To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time. —Katharine Hepburn— Behaving the way we believe God wants us to behave sounds so easy on the surface. We don’t willingly hurt others, do we? Or do we? . . . When did we last […]
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One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay “in kind” somewhere else in life. —Anne Morrow Lindbergh— Life is a series of payments. The common expression, “What goes around, comes around,” is a truth that governs each of our lives. As women and as members of the human family, we have received untold […]
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Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities. —Sue Atchley Ebaugh… Our dreams beckon us to new heights. All that we may need is the courage to move toward them, taking the necessary steps to realize those dreams. Trusting that we will be shown the steps, one at a time, patiently waiting for the […]
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Fortuitous circumstances constitute the moulds that shape the majority of human lives. –Augusta Evans— Being in the right place at the right time is how we generally explain our good fortune or the good fortune of a friend. But it’s to our advantage to understand how we managed to be in the right place at […]
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Friendship of a kind that cannot easily be reversed tomorrow must have its roots in common interests and shared beliefs. —Barbara W. Tuchman— The gift of friendship has been extended to each of us sharing this program. Our interest is common: we want to stay abstinent. And we share the belief that a power greater […]
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I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious in order to advance the political career of my husband. —Pat Nixon— Putting another person’s needs first is what most of us were trained to do when growing up. We were seldom encouraged to embark on an individual course, and years of taking a […]