We improve our “conscious contact” with our Higher Power or guiding spirit in stillness, by temporarily setting aside our desire to figure everything out. ~ Covington, Stephanie S. A Woman’s Way through the Twelve Steps (p. 171). Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition. […]
Continue reading »Cherish the Awful
Cling to the thought that, in God’s hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have—the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and misery for them. ~ World Service, Alcoholics Anonymous. The Big […]
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“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” ~ Mark Twain I’ll never take Twain’s advice but internalizing a frog very early in the day does make […]
Continue reading »To Live Lovingly
You have your specific work just as I have had mine. But in both of our lives we do share the same mission: to live lovingly. We are one and the same in that pursuit, and that’s a pleasing thought. […]
Continue reading »Trusting Strangers
At the end of the meeting after we’ve talked about our shame, our failures, our defects, the leader calmly reads the admonition, “Please remember our commitment to honor each other’s anonymity. What you hear here, whom you see here, when […]
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