View everything that comes your way—the good as well as the challenging—with acceptance of whatever you are given. ~ Dean, Amy E. Morning Light: A Book of Meditations to Begin Your Day (Kindle Locations 268-269). Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition. “Thank you.” […]
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My Real Task
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. ~ Rumi I’m lovable…or so I’ve been told. I’m respected, so I’m respectable. Why is […]
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It is reasonable to have certain and well-defined expectations of our spouse, children, and friends. ~ Melody Beattie. The Language of Letting Go: Hazelden Meditation Series (p. 366) It’s axiomatic in recovery, “What you do is none of my business.” Can […]
Continue reading »Not Waiting Now
We cannot afford to put our needs on hold, waiting for another person to fulfill us, make our life better, or come around and be who and what we want that person to be. That will create resentment, hostility, an […]
Continue reading »I Don’t Know
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know. ~ Mark Twain We don’t know everything but we feel obligated to answer, to know the course not only for us but for […]
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