My dear daughter, I know what I did to you and I know now that you know the how and why. I passed on to you my hair color, my eyes, even my moles, but those are fine… the problem […]
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Essential Change
We must change if we are to recover. Change begins with honesty. As we work the fourth step, we develop a new ability to see our own dishonesty and a greater willingness to live by truth. ~ The Twelve Steps and […]
Continue reading »At Some Point, Policy Rejects Mercy
Many Christian denominations comply with the teaching of tithe. However, some groups go to the extreme. They require a disclosure of all income “for accountability.” Noncompliance ends in expulsion from the congregation. Bureaucratic legalism rules. At some point, policy rejects […]
Continue reading »Seeing with Closed Eyes
I remember her telling me to close my eyes and listen with my heart to all the similarities. ~ Jhe T Unity with diversity. We are one. We may not look the same. Some are homeless, dressed in tatters, dirty, […]
Continue reading »Freedom
Step Seven is freedom from running the show. ~ Heard in a meeting Step Seven. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. Freedom from running the show. I can’t control which defects go once I become willing to let them. […]
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