We can take an inventory for a moment. What are we presently doing that makes us ashamed or angry or fearful? ~ Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning The last three Steps are maintenance tools, continued for life…but then again […]
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Temperance and Abstinence
Abstinence is as easy for me as temperance would be difficult. ~ Samuel Johnson . The strong-willed Samuel Johnson, asked why he never touched wine, gave this answer. That’s well and good for him, but does it apply to milkshakes […]
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…so perhaps it makes sense to apply a variation of the Golden Rule: “Do unto ourselves as we would have others do unto us.” ~ Anonymous. Today’s Gift: Daily Meditations for Families (Hazelden Meditation Series) (Kindle Locations 659-660). Love others […]
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I was not meant to live in spiritual poverty. God’s gifts are mine for the taking, to be kept only by sharing them with others. ~ Overeaters Anonymous. For Today (Kindle Locations 606-607). Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. Poverty: the state of being […]
Continue reading »Why Love?
Infantile love follows the principle: I love because I am loved. Mature love follows the principle: I am loved because I love. ~ Erich Fromm Once we believed it was all about us, either that we needed to run the […]
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