The “wounded child” within each of us contains the damaged or stunted emotional patterns of our youth, patterns of painful memories, of negative attitudes, and of dysfunctional self-images. ~ Myss, Caroline. Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and […]
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The Unloving
NOTHING is lovely to the unloving. This is because they are CREATING ugliness. ~ Wapnick, Kenneth. Absence from Felicity : The Story of Helen Schucman and Her Scribing of A Course in Miracles. If we do not love… think about how low a […]
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 […]
Continue reading »Like a Crowbar
The Twelve Steps worked like a crowbar, prying into my dishonesty and fear. I didn’t like the things I learned about myself, but I didn’t want to go back where I had come from. I found out that there was […]
Continue reading »Love Anyway. It Comes Back.
So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in Godʼs hands, but no man knows whether love or hate awaits him. All share a common destiny – the righteous […]
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