I’ve been benefited from a dictionary definition I found that reads: “Rationalization is giving a social acceptable reason for socially unacceptable behavior, and socially unacceptable behavior is a form of insanity.” ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, page 550 (4th edition) So, I […]

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They’re old patterns, well worn, automatic, my triggers. I know them. Well. Through long years I’ve felt them in my gut, denied vociferously when accused, seen them in hindsight, felt normal with them until I couldn’t stand them, loathed them, […]

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Swimmingly, swimmingly life ticks by as recovery happens, days brightening. Goals unreachable through massive drives suddenly, smoothly fall into place. Self-confidence builds, fear diminishes, as humility and released outcomes yield happiness, fulfillment, success. Yet sometimes old tapes, forgotten, long-hidden but […]

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That parable. The one about a master, his giving three people talents, some more, one just one. Of course talents weren’t talents but substantial pieces of currency like a fortune, each one. And the issue was investing set against hiding, […]

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And I want women to get in there with the men in humility before God, not primping before a mirror or chasing the latest fashions but doing something beautiful for God and becoming beautiful doing it. (1 Timothy 2:9-10 – […]

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