Stubbornness is ego-driven and fear-based. Perseverance is surrender to my Higher Power and is faith-based. ~ Overeaters Anonymous. Voices of Recovery for April 7 Stubbornness is easy. We came to these rooms full of it. Perseverance, however, comes hard. It […]
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Keep Coming Back!
I come back to meetings even when you hurt my feelings., cause when you hurt my feelings that’s usually when I grow. ~ DKP There are comfortable meetings. Then there are those intended for you! It seems like everything anybody […]
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As I spoke, I looked around the room. More importantly, I looked at the faces of the people in the room and I saw it. I saw the understanding, the empathy, the love. Today I believe I saw my Higher […]
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There ain’t no answer. There ain’t gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That’s the answer. ~ Gertrude Stein Because we strive only for perfection, we recognize nothing less; we block our awareness of the ordinary successes […]
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…Until December 17, 2006. Driving to Sunday school where I’d taught the same class more than 20 years, I stopped at a convenience store. The routine, both Sundays and weekdays, varied only in the name over the door of the […]
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