Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own. ~ Proverbs 26:17 (NIV) Honeybear loves me, invites my petting him by dancing at hand’s height. He snuggles next to me […]
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It’s About Me
No matter who we find ourselves relating to, and what we discover happening in the relationship, the issue is still about us, and not about the other person. That is the heart, the hope, and the power of recovery. ~ Beattie, […]
Continue reading »No One Can Make Me Change
No one can make me change. No one can stop me from changing. No one really knows how I must change, not even I. Not until I start. I will remember that it only takes a slight shift in direction […]
Continue reading »Sharing the Mess
When people share the mess instead of the message, at meetings or elsewhere, I realize that I am not alone in getting things backward. ~ Voices of Recovery, October 23 What does it mean to share the mess? What could happen […]
Continue reading »Today’s Concerns
When I look back on all these worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened. ~ Winston Churchill […]
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