With much fear of my old God, I sat down and wrote a description of what I really want and need from a Higher Power and decided to act as if I could act as if. ~ Overeaters Anonymous. A New […]
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Warning: Avoid Mindless Contempt
“Contempt prior to examination is an intellectual vice, from which the greatest faculties of mind are not free.” ~ William Paley, Evidences of Christianity “There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all […]
Continue reading »The Present Is a Gift
Because most worry focuses on the future, if we can learn to stay in the present, living one day or one moment at a time, we take positive steps toward warding off the effects of fear. ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. Courage […]
Continue reading »The Right Handle
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. ~ Henry Ward Beecher One day at a time. We can’t manage the one, need not try for […]
Continue reading »A Mother’s Love
Instructions come with all things new, or so it seems. But babies take such time. challenge new mothers so strongly, instructions are laid aside, catching up with sleep seeming the greater priority. Sleep deprivation ends but challenges abound. Mothers make […]
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