The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run. ~ Henry David Thoreau That makes what I think of as “stupid […]
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Accentuate Your Assets
We all have assets. Maybe they don’t seem as numerous as our liabilities, but we can identify our assets and work to accentuate them each day…. It becomes a challenge, one that we’ll enjoy, when we decide to emphasize our […]
Continue reading »Impotence or Potentiality?
Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence. ~ George Santayana Potentiality: the possibility of something happening or of someone doing something in the future. It’s related to impotent but there’s more meaning than the familiar word “impotent:” […]
Continue reading »A Bluebeard Corner?
We make spiritual progress by putting God into every corner of our lives. Most people on the spiritual path are willing to give God ninety-five per cent of their lives, but there is often one little corner that they keep […]
Continue reading »Finding Our Lost Truth
How could we have known that people-pleasing would strip us of our own opinions and feelings? We didn’t know we’d lose our sense of humor, our principles, or perhaps even our morals. We lost our own truth. Recovery means finding […]
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