I read a quote from Neil Diamond: “I’ve forgiven myself for not being Beethoven.” And I realized my issue was I haven’t forgiven myself for not being Beethoven. ~ Billy Joel Guilt. Inadequacy. Incompetent. Inept. Failure to lie up to […]
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Dumb Folk Welcome
I’ve seen lots of people too smart to get this program but I’ve never met anybody that was too stupid.” ~ Program saying Intelligence is not a prerequisite for recovery…in fact it can be, often is an impediment. Analytical thinking and logic have […]
Continue reading »Real Humility
…there’s a big difference between humility and discounting ourselves. ~Beattie, Melody. The Language of Letting Go: Hazelden Meditation Series (p. 154). Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition. In OA we learned that low self-esteem was not at all the same as humility. […]
Continue reading »Knowing What We Are
Through our commitment to anonymity we can put aside what we are and begin to know who we are. ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. Courage to Change—One Day at a Time in Al‑Anon II (Kindle Locations 290-292). Al-Anon Family Groups. Kindle […]
Continue reading »The End
We always knew what the end was, goal weight, wearing the size dress that Mother did, fitting into the outfit that had gone out of size, decades back, but success was fitting it again, looking like we wished for the […]
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