Humility is a gift as surely as is our recovery from compulsive eating and the other miracles of healing we experience as we work the twelve steps. Our job is to be willing to let go of old attitudes which […]
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I taught seventh and eighth graders, tried hard to be tough like the professors had said, not to let them get anything by. But wuss I was, struggling to hold on, to keep some kind of control. Forty-three years have […]
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“I am not perfect today.” Today when I hear the phrase I sigh with relief. I don’t have to live with that untruth. ~ Jhe T Would I be perfect if I could? Surely. I’ve tried forever, failed daily… hourly. […]
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I recognize hopelessness for what it is: my mind protecting me from disappointment. Hopelessness served at one time, but I don’t need that device today. ~ For Today (Kindle Locations 2353-2354). Hope becomes a burden when disappointment weighs and builds […]
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Fire, water, air, earth — they knew it all, the sages. The universe in their grasp, the elements said it all. Surely millenniums of knowledge put to shame such wisdom. We know it all, earth and sky under our domain. Yet […]
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