Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s a day you’ve had everything to do and you’ve done it. ~ Margaret Thatcher Do what you […]
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Dreaming Dreams Or Making Them?
What is twisted cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted. ~ Ecclesiastes 1:15 Oh, but I could try, couldn’t I? No. He’s right. Even straightened, bends make weak spots. And you can’t count what’s not there though it’s […]
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At the first meeting you told me, “Welcome home!” You didn’t ask what I weighed must less lead me to scales. You asked if I was a hugger then you did, hugged me even though I stank and you couldn’t […]
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My disease used to tempt me into thinking being abstinent “made me” feel the pain. Today, I understand that the more uncomfortable my feelings, the greater the freedom I’ll experience by walking through the situation abstinently. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle […]
Continue reading »What Ignoring You Means
You say I ignore you, but you’re wrong. The word means “refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally.” There’s also, “set aside, pay no attention to, take no account of.” You seem to believe when you say something […]
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