I was there tonight for the opening prayer, stayed past the closing one, but was I present? No. My mind had moved on, planning the drive home, how to expedite it. Fingers fiddled with phone, not taking notes, not recording […]
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Beyond the Zone
“Do not resist events that move you out of your comfort zone, especially when your comfort zone was not all that comfortable.” ~ Alan Cohen Beyond comfort life waits. Dratted uncomfortable here in a misnamed zone. Comfort – overrated until its […]
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God’s not too good to answer prayer for simplest things, for sleep, for driving past temptation, for remembering a name or finding something lost. God’s not too good for little things, for quirks like crossing yourself when you’re not Catholic […]
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If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves. ~ Thomas Edison Mediocre, run-of-the-mill gets us anonymity, obscurity, safety. Safe, obscure, unknown suits me just fine. But am I ready to waste the gifts I’ve […]
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Over the long haul, our weight went up and our self-esteem went down. ~ The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous (Kindle Location 161) Mother told me she could glance and know the status of my life — […]
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