When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others too. ~ Anne Morrow Lindberg The oracle at Delphi said know thyself. Could a seer now know if Delphi understood that as impossible in a vacuum?
Continue reading »Peace
It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace. ~ Chuck Palahniuk, Diary God is good. Friendship is a warm blanket. People offer […]
Continue reading »Fully Alive
The twelfth step invites us to continue the journey one day at a time for the rest of our lives. We need to keep moving forward in recovery, keep developing our spiritual consciousness, if we are to remain spiritually awake […]
Continue reading »Mature Love
Infantile love follows the principle: I love because I am loved. Mature love follows the principle: I am loved because I love. (Erich Fromm) Jesus said it, if you reciprocate love, so what? Who wouldn’t do that? But love enemies, […]
Continue reading »Food that Soothes Souls
Those who are prone to stuff themselves with food that makes their bodies unsightly are refusing the food that satisfies and soothes the unhappy soul within. [Overeaters Anonymous, Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 543-544). Kindle Edition.] Jesus talked of food that spoils […]
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