You do not need to control the behavior of others in order for you to thrive. Your attention to things that you think they do that keeps you from your thriving is, in fact, what keeps you from your thriving… It is not what they […]
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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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Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. ~ Psalm 127:1a I don’t manage the world, direct the play… Once that was my job, but no longer. Well, really it never was. I was powerless, my life unmanageable, much less […]
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I am learning to let go of my certainty about what other people should do. ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. Courage to Change—One Day at a Time in Al‑Anon II (Kindle Location 3892). I know the rules. I’ve seen a shirt […]
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Even A.A. oldtimers,…will tell how they tried to carry the load alone; how much they suffered of irritability, anxiety, remorse, and depression; and how, unconsciously seeking relief, they would sometimes accuse even their best friends of the very character defects […]
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