As the meeting format is read, I listen to the words and the pauses. The room becomes sacred; there is no hierarchy, no judgment, and an abundance of hope with unconditional love. I always feel much better leaving the meeting […]
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Fear of Love
People with low self-esteem fear love…. They doubt another person’s ability to appreciate them, because they don’t see the worth in themselves. ~ Kylie Scott, Deep Fear of love. I want to shout. “Not me,love is good, nothing to fear!” […]
Continue reading »Last House on the Block
Many OA members describe OA as the last house on the block. I do not know if that is true since I do not know where the block begins or ends. I do know that what I found in OA […]
Continue reading »The Problem
The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem. ~ Theodore Isaac Rubin What use is a problem? Problems catching attention of creative people result in inventions, discoveries… […]
Continue reading »Freedom from Fear and Pain
For Epicurus, the purpose of philosophy was to attain the happy, tranquil life, characterized by ataraxia—peace and freedom from fear—and aponia—the absence of pain—and by living a self-sufficient life surrounded by friends. ~ Wikipedia Resolutions are experiments in absurdity for […]
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