“Don’t just do something, sit there.”…I can keep in mind that waiting time doesn’t have to mean wasted time. Even times of stillness have lessons to teach me. ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. Courage to Change—One Day at a Time in Al‑Anon […]
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Cleaning Out the Gecko Cage
We all have routine tasks we tend to put off— changing the oil, mowing the lawn, or cleaning out the gecko cage. Today’s poem asks you to perform a menial task (weeding, washing the car, organizing your closet) and write […]
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Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. Continued day after day, not for a while, not just the good days but really continued, good days, embarrassing days, go out and eat worms days. Continued […]
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And if you will relax and begin saying, “Everything in its perfect time. Everything is unfolding. And I’m enjoying where I am now, in relationship to where I’m going. Content where I am, and eager for more,” that is the […]
Continue reading »Needing a Nudge
So I pray for the willingness to do whatever my Higher Power nudges me to do. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 3988-3989). I hadn’t realized dictionaries suggest an elbow nudge: to push slightly or gently, especially with the elbow, to get someone’s attention, prod someone into action, etc. But I see the logic of it, know […]
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