All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. ~ Ecclesiastes 1.8 (ASV) Yeah, yeah. I know. The trees are budding, birds fly in formation, sunsets […]
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Those Fat Cells
Nothing gets as hungry as fat. ~ David S A hundred extra pounds or so, and the message from head to subordinates demands consumption of thousands on thousands of extra fat or my preferred building blocks… grains of sugar disguised […]
Continue reading »Who’s RUNNING This Show?
We constantly remind ourselves we are no longer running the show… ~ Alcoholics Anonymous (Kindle Location 1206) Yump, dum, duddle-duddle, yump, dum, duddle-duddle… let the show begin! Lions, tigers, elephants, bonny young ladies on the flying trapeze… I fancy myself […]
Continue reading »Twelfth Tradition
TWELVE – And finally, we of Alcoholics Anonymous believe that the principle of anonymity has an immense spiritual significance. It reminds us that we are to place principles before personalities; that we are actually to practice a genuine humility. This […]
Continue reading »Due a Superior
The deference — “respect or esteem due to a superior” — clarified who was in power, who I should believe in, and the reason for giving over my shortcomings. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 2091-2092). Salute. Stand when they […]
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