By their example they showed us that humility and intellect could be compatible, provided we placed humility first. When we began to do that, we received the gift of faith, a faith which works. This faith is for you, too. […]
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Pi: “Catholic Hindus get to feel guilty before hundreds of gods!”… Pi: “Faith is a house with many floors.” Writer: “But no room for doubt?” Pi: “Oh yes! On every floor.” ~ Dialogue, The Life of Pi God as we […]
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The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance. The wise grows it under his feet. ~ James Oppenheim Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds sing. Things look bright. That’s where I want to be. If only, when, someday, ¡Ojalá que sí! […]
Continue reading »Personal Powerlessness
Our admissions of personal powerlessness finally turns out to be firm bedrock upon which happy and purposeful lives may be built. ~ Page 21, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Alcoholics Anonymous, page 21. Bedrock, the foundation, stability in a chaotic world. […]
Continue reading »Stubborn #%@!%^
The only reason step one was hard for me is that I’m one stubborn son…. ~ Josh C Stubborn doesn’t fit with admitting powerlessness, unmanageability. Stubborn presents as obstinate, headstrong, perverse. Pigheaded. Used to protect treasured false personalities, to roadblock […]
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