As you look back over your day mentally, for all unpleasantness that occurred, dare to mentally recast that experience. See all concerned as loving, understanding and harmonious, and you will be surprised how often those involved will do an “about-face,” […]
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Choose Happiness
I have chosen to be happy, it’s good for my health. ~ Voltaire There’s a Rotary song with which I grew up trying to play, trying hard to make my short fingers reach the keys. Smile and the world smiles […]
Continue reading »Fat Domino
Try as we might to forget the criticisms, the names, they linger in our memories and influence our self-perceptions as adults. The intervening years have done little to erase whatever emotional scars we acquired as children. ~ Casey, Karen. Each Day […]
Continue reading »Green and Growing
A friend of mine once said “People call Step Ten the permanence but I prefer to think of it as the Growth Step. I’d rather be green and growing than to be ripe and rotting!” ~ Wanda S. Step Ten: […]
Continue reading »Blame Is an Excuse
Sometimes, blame is just an excuse to keep busy so that I don’t have to feel the discomfort of my powerlessness. ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. Courage to Change—One Day at a Time in Al‑Anon II. Al-Anon Family Groups. Kindle Edition. When […]
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