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Who cannot give good counsel? ‘Tis cheap it cost them nothing. —Robert Burton— Other people’s problem’s are so easy to solve. Isn’t it amazing how much better we are at their lives than our own? Of course, other people’s lives don’t hook us emotionally, by means of love or guilt or precious delusions. We can […]
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Loving allows us to live and through living we grow in loving. —Evelyn Mandel— Many days it seems too easy to be centered on ourselves, wondering if others love us rather than loving others. On those days, we may have to act “as if” we love the persons who live on our pathways. The unexpected […]
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Each day provides its own gifts.—Ruth P. Freedman— Spiritual growth is the greatest gift we can receive. And we earn it through taking risks. There is much risk involved in working the Steps: The risk of admitting that we’re out of control. The risk of turning our will and lives over to a Power greater […]
Thought for the Day <!--051726-->
A lot of well-meaning people treat alcoholics like the priest and the Levite. They pass by on the other side by scorning them and telling them what low people they are, with no willpower. Whereas, they really have fallen for alcohol, in the same way as the man in the story fell among robbers. And […]
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. . . . AND FORGIVE Under very trying conditions I have had, again and again, to forgive others–also myself. AS BILL SEE IT p. 268 Forgiveness of self and forgiveness of others are just two currents in the same river, both hindered or shut off completely by the dam of resentment. Once that dam […]
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🌺 Good morning Lovely, Responsible, Beautiful, Strong, Creative Women❗ 🙋💪💃…Welcome to this Wonderful Day❗🌎🌞…Courage is fear that has been prayed for. It brings us to a fork 🍴 in the road, where we can go one of two ways…😳😱… Both of them seem very scary 😲👹👿… We can do what We always did and get […]
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It is only the women whose eyes have been washed clear with tears who get the broad vision that makes them little sisters to all the world. —Dorothy Dix— The storms of our lives benefit us like the storms that hit our towns and homes and wash clean the air we breathe. Our storms bring […]
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I am determined to maintain the perpendicular position. —Lucy Stone— Perpendicular lines make right angles; they make possible extensions of both height and breadth. Right angles are weight-bearing. We speak of asserting something “squarely,”making perpendiculars. People who speak their minds freely and assert their individuality feel perpendicular; the corners they create, by their points of […]
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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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WE FORGIVE. . . . Often it was while working on this Step with our sponsors or spiritual adviser that we first felt truly able to forgive others, no matter how deeply we felt they had wronged us. Our moral inventory had persuaded us that all-round forgiveness was desirable, but it was only when we […]