Those things we have to do have been done in the past virtually always with crutches. Some crutches we claim as addictions, a drink or a cake or sex… anything to give us false strength. But then we may give […]
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Unto Others
The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. ~ Albert Schweitzer When I remain in me, centered in me, thinking of me I fail to be of […]
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I rather appreciated your ideas about the subtle insanity, which precedes the first drink, but I was confident it could not happen to me after what I had learned. ~ The Big Book and A Study Guide of the 12 Steps […]
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Depression. Severe despondency, dejection, feelings of hopelessness and inadequacy. Depression is anger turned inward, self-hatred, self-loathing, capitulation. I would not negate the very real physical state. At the same time I know the anger is real, is palpable, is utter and […]
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Over two thousand miles an hour the moon moves. I stand here, looking at it, and don’t see it budge. But if I were to mark it on the plane of the sky and an hour later look again, it […]
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