In Al-Anon I discovered that I don’t have to react just because I have been provoked, and I don’t have to take harsh words to heart. I can remember that they are coming from someone who may be in pain, […]
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A Loftier Ambition
There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher. ~ Henry Van Dyke Ambition from the world’s standpoint is to make more money than you […]
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Whatever you have received from God, you must give to others. If you’ve been loved, you must love. And if you’ve been loved without having deserved that love, then you must love those who don’t deserve your love. If you’ve […]
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Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. ~William James The song directs us to accentuate the positive and latch on to the affirmative. The Psalmist tells us to clap our hands and shout […]
Continue reading »My Higher Power’s Hands
In my mind, I picture my Higher Power’s hands. One by one, I place my problems and worries, my joy and my gratitude, into those hands, and finally, I climb in too. ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. Courage to Change—One Day at […]
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