They said I needed to identify, not compare. I didn’t know what they meant. What was the difference? Identifying, they said, was trying to see how I was like the people I was with. Comparing, they told me, was looking […]
Continue reading »A Collection of “One Days”
Today, I will do one thing I’ve been putting off. A whole collection of “one days” will lay the groundwork for the person I’m building within. ~ Casey, Karen. Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women. Hazelden Publishing. Kindle […]
Continue reading »How Did I Do Today?
The idea that we can be possessively loving of a few, can ignore the many, and can continue to fear or hate anybody, has to be abandoned, if only a little at a time. ~ AA World Services Inc. Twelve Steps […]
Continue reading »Good Morning!
Keep it simple. Start it right. It’s a new day. Start by taking dogs out, repeating the Third Step Prayer as the water’s freshened, then circling the yard several times saying the Seventh Step Prayer, the Serenity Prayer, then the […]
Continue reading »The Things I Cannot Change
Defending ourselves by engaging in arguments with actively drinking or otherwise irrational people is as fruitless as donning armor to protect ourselves from a nuclear explosion. Only a Power greater than ourselves can restore us to sanity. ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. […]
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