It was only when I became aware of all the gifts I had received that I asked who the giver was. What a shocking realization: because the gifts were surely divine, then equally as surely, the giver must also have […]
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It’s Up To Me
We have been abandoned and neglected so often that we also abandon ourselves. – Beattie, Codependent No More, page 99 Hanging your hat on someone else for happiness, for fulfillment, for feeling whole, leaves you feeling less, looking for someone […]
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I need Thee, O I need Thee; Every hour I need Thee; O bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee. I can’t…I’m powerless over food, my life unmanageable. God can. I came to believe a Power greater than […]
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What exactly is meditation? Is it something hypnotic, strange, and beyond my capabilities? The dictionary tells me it means”to think contemplatively.” When I look up “contemplative” it says “to view thoughtfully.” ~ Courage to Change, p. 173, Al-Anon So meditation […]
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Much to our relief, we discovered we did not need to consider another’s conception of God. Our own conception, however inadequate, was sufficient to make the approach and to effect a contact with Him. As soon as we admitted the […]
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