If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us. ~ Hermann Hesse The best of us is self-centered. We see everything and every person as they […]
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Practice Trusting
My mind started to spin off into negative “what-if?” scenarios, but I decided to just practice trusting. Why waste precious moments of life worrying? I would use the experience as an opportunity to stay happy no matter what. ~ Cohen, […]
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Let go are tiny words with huge rewards. If I want to, I can give up my attempts to control someone today. Peace will be my reward. ~ Casey, Karen. A Life of My Own: Meditations on Hope and Acceptance (Hazelden […]
Continue reading »As Soon as The Holidays Are Over
I read the book, a gift from my counselor long a member of AA but not so with OA. She ordered it, believing Overeaters Anonymous, 2nd edition, the equivalent of Alcoholics Anonymous, 5th edition. It was like the stories, but not the […]
Continue reading »Cannot Fail? Really?
…the Third Step corresponds to the principle of faith. Once we truly make the leap to believe, no matter what, that a power greater than ourselves will restore us to sanity and will take care of every other issue in […]
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