Sometimes the sign that I have actually gotten humble enough to ask my Higher Power to remove a shortcoming is that I can laugh about it. ~ Courage to Change, Page 73 Laughing at myself can do me good (why […]
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When faced with other people’s destructive attitudes and behavior, I can love their best, and never fear their worst. ~ Courage to Change, page 72 Never fear the worst another can do to me? I sat in a courtroom for too […]
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Today is not a dress rehearsal—I don’t get to live it over when I’m feeling more positive. ~ Lifeline Weekly, Vol. 5, No. 10 Some days I’m tired from having done so much, knees aching, the spark smothered. Sometimes energy […]
Continue reading »Grownup Choices
My grandsons earn an M&M by complying with potty training. Decades earlier clerks at banks gave their dad a piece of candy when he was in the car going through the drive-through. Small rewards for small people… and perhaps not […]
Continue reading »Doubt in Spiritual Seeking
Doubt is an unavoidable companion of spiritual seeking. ~ Courage to Change, page 69 Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother the Lebanese poet said. Doubt is pain of insecurity, of uncertainty, of confusion. […]
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