The day for giving gifts to people who serve, to the less fortunate. A day for appreciation, for folks who make life better. A day for thank yous, for phone calls, for love… a day for gratitude for good things […]
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Christmas On a Food Plan
Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn’t come from a store. ~ Dr. Seuss How can we have Christmas without candy and pie, without hot rolls and biscuits, a bounteous feast in ample supply? What do you do as you sit […]
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The overweight individual looks at the model-thin person and longs for the svelte body never seeing anorexia, unable to imagine addiction to laxatives, purging to maintain the illusion. The class clown, robust and rotund, seems the life of the party […]
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We usually conclude the period of meditation with a prayer that we be shown all through the day what our next step is to be, that we be given whatever we need to take care of such problems. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous […]
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If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning. ~ Mahatma Gandhi I’m powerless. A necessary admission, an acknowledgement of […]
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