I’m learning to let go when the need to judge someone else looms large — to let them be foolish or wise, right or wrong. It’s not as easy to let go when I’m doing as told, showing up, reporting […]
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Faster Horses
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses. ~ Henry Ford Okay, God, reporting for duty. What’s your will for me today? I’d appreciate some help carrying out my part. And it would sure […]
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…the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn’t think so. Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness. We must, or it kills us! (Alcoholics Anonymous, page 62) Selfish! How bad can […]
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A year’s calendar isn’t long enough, so they make them for eighteen months. Experts expect a five-year plan, short term, but a twenty-year outlook for the vista. I’ll buy their calendars, list goals far-fetched, but the only way to get […]
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