I will spend more time with myself in this lifetime than with anyone else. Let me learn to be the kind of person I would like to have as a friend. ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. Courage to Change—One Day at a […]
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Own Your Life
Many subtle attitudes and past conditioning can affect our sense of ownership of our lives and of the world we live in—guilt, a haunting sense of victimization, laziness, living with repressive, angry, or abusive people may have tamed our sense […]
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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. ~ Theodore Roosevelt We want to be perfect but we’re not. We want others to think we’re perfect but we not.We crave to believe we’re perfect but we know […]
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…self-love is an unequivocal acceptance of the validity of getting what one wants—of respecting one’s needs. ~ Marion Weinstein quoted in Anonymous. Today’s Gift: Daily Meditations for Families (Hazelden Meditation Series) (Kindle Locations 2382-2384). Hazelden Publishing. Why am I last […]
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You do not ask too much of life, but far too little. ~ Schucman, Dr. Helen. A Course in Miracles (Kindle Locations 17293-17294). Foundation for Inner Peace. Self-esteem suffered through years of addiction, as we loathed ourselves for insufficient willpower. […]
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