Twas the night before Christmas, and all up and down there were bone-weary travelers in Bethlehem town. The stern edict had gone out from Caesar himself, each man should return now to pay from his wealth. To their ancestors’ hometown they each must now go […]
Continue reading »With Gentleness and Time
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time. ~ Saint Francis de Sales I’m guessing you’re like me, that in more than one subject you find approaches differing from […]
Continue reading »Influencing Contentious People
This is how to influence the nervous, contentious people I know: go to any length to get and keep my own peace of mind. ~ Anonymous, Overeaters. For Today (Kindle Locations 3414-3415). Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.. Kindle Edition. contentious: causing or […]
Continue reading »Loving Raisin Cakes
The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.” ~ […]
Continue reading »The Mixture of Life Lived
Then I lived an entire year sober, through my birthday, Christmas, problems, successes, the mixture that makes up life. ~ A.A. World Services, Inc, Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition (p. 183). A.A. World Services, Inc.. Kindle Edition. Life in Recovery may […]
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