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The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it. —Sydney J. Harris— Relaxing is one of the little joys of life. We can learn to take time from our busy day to chat with a friend, take a hot bath, or spend a few moments sitting alone under a tree. The busier […]
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That day is lost on which one has not laughed. —French proverb— For a long time, we didn’t really laugh. It’s surprising when we think about it: we hadn’t really laughed for so long. . .we almost forgot how good we could feel. It feels so good to laugh again! Now, our spirits come more […]
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Make yourself an honest [person], and then you may be sure that there is one rascal less in the world. —Thomas Carlyle— Honesty does not mean saying all we think or feel. Many of our thoughts and feelings are only with us for a minute. They are not always the truth. For example, saying to […]
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Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat. —Harry Emerson Fosdick— Hate is like an illness. It steals our hope, our love, our relationships. Hate puts distance between people. Hate can give us a false sense of power. Do I use hate to make myself feel important? Our […]
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You can observe a lot just by watching. —Yogi Berra— When we watch others, we learn how to “act as if.” We watch a patient person, and then we “act as if we’re a patient person. The result? Over time, we’ll become a patient person. We watch how good listeners listen, and we “act as […]
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An honest man’s the noblest work of God. — Alexander Pope— Step five says,” Admitted to God, to ourselves, and another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.” When we did this Step, the person we admitted our wrongs to didn’t run away or reject us. That person stuck with us. Chances are, we […]
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As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. —Andrew Carnegie— Doing something with our lives, not just talking about it, is important. When we were sick with our addiction, what we did was drink or use other drugs. We only talked about what we wanted […]
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The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes.—Frank Lloyd Wright— For many for us, life was a burden while using alcohol and other drugs. As our illness went on, life was more ugly. We grew further from our friends, family, and Higher Power. In recovery, our eyes and hearts open a little more each […]
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The only way to speak truth is to speak lovingly. —Thoreau— Recovery teaches us to tell the truth. We must be honest if we want to save our lives. We must learn to speak with care—care for ourselves and for others. To be honest means to speak in a fair and truthful way. To be […]
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So live that you wouldn’t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.—Will Rogers— Secrets help keep us sick. In our drinking and using days, we did things we weren’t proud of. We lived in a secret world we were ashamed of. This part of the power of addiction. Our behavior and […]