My Thought for the Day <!--111325-->
Welcome to your morning Strong Resilient Beautiful Woman…💪👸🌴…We can sometimes find ourselves Living in Paralyzing FEAR of situations that are ONLY Happening, in our OWN Minds…😱😭🧠…This, If we can Only realize is, “The Boogeyman❗”…👹👤👻…Our minds in full “Alcoholic thinking❗” How do we Know this❓ Because, We are conjuring up in our minds, the Scenario of […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--111325-->
My Declaration of Self-Esteem: I am me. In all the world there is no one else exactly like me. There are persons who have some parts like me, but no one adds up exactly like me. Therefore, everything that comes out of me is authentically mine because I alone chose it. —Virginia Satir— Feeling special, […]
Daily Reflections <!--111225-->
MORNING THOUGHTS Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 164 For many years I pondered over God’s will for me, believing that perhaps a great destiny had been ordained for my life. After all, having been born into a specific […]
AA Thought for the Day <!--111225-->
I am less critical of other people, inside and outside of A.A. I used to run people down all the time. I realize now that it was because I wanted unconsciously to build myself up. I was envious of people who lived normal lives. I couldn’t understand why I couldn’t be like them. And so […]
Keep it Simple <!--111225-->
It may be those who do most, dream most. —Stephen Leacock— Daydreaming gives us hope. It makes our world bigger. Daydreaming can be part of doing Step Eleven. As we meditate, we daydream. Through our daydreaming, we get to know ourselves, our spirit, and our Higher Power. What special work can we do? Our dreams […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--111225-->
Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination. —Barbara Grizzuti Harrison— Our minds mold who we become. Our thoughts not only contribute to our achievements, they determine the posture of our lives. How very powerful they are. Fortunately, we […]
Promise of a new Day <!--111225-->
…the function of freedom is to free somebody else. —Toni Morrison— We all struggle over the issue of freedom—how much we want; how much we’re comfortable with; how able we are to accept others’ freedom. We cannot grow and create unless free to do so; in fact, our progress will be proportional to the freedom […]
Keep it Simple <!--111125-->
Have the courage to live; anyone can die. —Robert Cody— Living means facing all of life. Life is joy and sorrow. We used to be people who wanted the joy without the sorrow. But we can learn from hard times, maybe more than we do in easy times. Often, getting through hard times helps us […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--111125-->
Life has got to be lived–that’s all there is to it. At 70 I would say the advantage is that you take life more calmly. You know that, “This, too, shall pass!” —Eleanor Roosevelt— Wisdom comes with age, but also with maturity. It is knowing that all is well in the midst of a storm. […]
Promise of a new Day <!--111125-->
Miracles do not happen. —Mathew Arnold— Many of us will insist that miracles do happen. We’ve seen transformations in ourselves, or loved ones that have seemed miraculous, strokes of fate, demonstrations of divine intervention. Yet, we must do our part. If we look at the history of our personal miracles, we can usually see that […]