If I never leave the basics, I never have to get them back. But where are they, what are they? Basics are fundamentals, the principles… Admitting powerlessness, I look inward honestly — honesty is a principle. What could be more […]
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REAL!
This program is real, the steps are real and finally I am real. ~ Brittany Like the velveteen rabbit or Pinocchio real finally comes, the life-lottery won. I was an android mimicking life, acting as if, playing the role, always […]
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability… To be alive is to be vulnerable. ~ Madeleine L’Engle Wounded, vulnerable, exposed. Childhood […]
Continue reading »The Earthly Good of X
Or, you might possibly persuade yourself to believe in some creative force, or algebraic “X,” but what earthly good would an “X” be in solving such a problem as you face? ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, Kindle Locations 3856-3858 It’s a Step in […]
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Loneliness is a drug, a narcotic; it grows through veins, through nerves and muscles; it assumes some right of possession over your body and mind; it feeds itself, and creates its own requirement. Loneliness and solitude are walls. ~ R. […]
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