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A house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as for the body. —Margaret Fuller— No matter how full our social and professional lives are, we all need a base, a place where we are at home. Whether it’s a studio apartment furnished from secondhand stores and garage […]
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The person who fears to try is thus enslaved. —Leonard E. Read— Immobilization is fear’s result. In its grip we fail to move forward. We fail to think new thoughts, live new experiences, chance new personalities. All that life is prepared to offer us goes ungreeted. Let us remember, we have been given the gift […]
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… we do not always like what is good for us in this world. —Eleanor Roosevelt— Today will call each of us to make our particular contributions to the moment.There is no guarantee that we will enjoy every experience, but we can be certain each one of them will teach us something we’re ready to […]
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When you have become willing to hide nothing, you will not only be willing to enter into communion but will also understand peace and joy. —Anonymous— Keeping secrets is synonymous with keeping stuck. Our human potential is stifled by our stuffed feelings, attitudes, ideas. Conversely, the more we allow others to really know us, the […]
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…we will be victorious if we have not forgotten how to learn. —Rosa Luxemburg— There is no goal beyond our grasp, no achievement beyond our attainment if we reduce our natural barriers against new information and new perspectives. Our victories accompany perseverance, fearless learning, openness to the unfamiliar. Each of us is experiencing a particular […]
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Being human is itself difficult, and therefore all kinds of settlements (except dream cities) have problems. —Jane Jacobs— A sure cure for rage at the minor irritations of daily life is to sit back from the traffic jam, the broken appointment, the lost vital information, and say, “Being human is itself difficult.” It may not […]
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When I trust and respect myself enough to be myself honestly, others respond with trust and respect. —John Stevens— We can greet all situations today with ease if we have committed ourselves to lives of integrity. Having made the decision to be fully honest at all times eliminates our uncertainty in responding to others, and […]
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It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end. —Ursala K. LeGuin— Our goals lend direction to our lives. Without them we flounder, often uncertain of who we are. They provide substance for our self-definition and they motivate us, at times even deeply exhilarate […]
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If our species does destroy itself it will be a death in the cradle—a case of infant mortality.—Jonathan Schell— Compared to rocks or to termites or ginkgo trees, our whole species is a very recent passenger on this Spaceship Earth. We’ve had a busy time of it, for the few thousand years that there have […]
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MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING Fear… of economic insecurity will leave us. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 84 Having fear reduced or eliminated and having economic circumstances improve, are two different things. When I was new in A.A., I had those two ideas confused. I thought fear would leave me only when I started making money. However, another […]