One can know nothing of [anything] that is worthy to give unless one also knows how to take. ~ Havelock Ellis (as quoted in For Today) Say, “Thank you” and then shut up. I am worthy. Oh, how false that […]
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Shadow Standing
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson My biggest impediment usually is me. I get in the way with fears, with plans, with grand schemes of my own, […]
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Moses could have said, “No, this is too weird.” ~ Jo Cox Imagine following an errant sheep up a mountain, pausing at a burning bush not being consumed. Some voice speaks, “Take off your shoes, this dirt’s holy.” Then he […]
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I ruthlessly faced my sins and became willing to have my new-found Friend take them away, root and branch. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, page 13 Ruthlessly – without pity, lacking compassion. Merciless, cruel, heartless. The word works well for someone I scorn, for […]
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There I humbly offered myself to God, as I then understood Him, to do with me as He would. I placed myself unreservedly under His care and direction. I admitted for the first time that of myself I was nothing; […]
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