Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous: the “Big […]
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Act As If
“You’re asking me to be a hypocrite,” I said. “Oh, heaven forbid! You could be a glutton, a thief and an egomaniac—vicious in every possible way; you could smell bad, you could look bad, but by God, we don’t want […]
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Quoting a small child in a learning environment including both: “Robots are real enough to take the place of the turtles.” (A researcher on a NPR program before I woke up enough to site better.) I was real enough to […]
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A compulsive overeater can’t fully grasp and develop a spiritual way of life while bingeing, any more than an alcoholic can while still drinking… Now I needed to be open and receptive to the discipline in eating and in the […]
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