This too shall pass — like all the other kidney stones. ~ Miranda O I’ve never had kidney stones but vividly remember being alone in a hotel room in December, 1988, surrounded by people who through the years would be […]
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Feelings
I have learned that feelings aren’t shortcomings. The true nature of my problem was my stubborn refusal to acknowledge feelings, to accept them, and to let them go. I have very little power over what feelings arise, but what I […]
Continue reading »Each a Teacher
No person is your enemy, no person is your friend, every person is your teacher. ~ Florence Scovel Shinn Out of the mouths of babes… what have you learned from a child? Not my kind, my tribe, my class? What […]
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We don’t have to let flack pull us back into old ways if we’ve decided we want and need to change. ~ Beattie, Melody. The Language of Letting Go: Hazelden Meditation Series (p. 80). Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition. Real dictionaries […]
Continue reading »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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