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May 1, 2006 3:30 pm
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For the next twenty four hours ... In recovery, we live life one day at a time, an idea requiring an enormous amount of faith. We refuse to look back - unless...
What you already know can be a great help to you in learning new things. Yet at times, it can also get in the way. It can be difficult to clearly and...
Fear is at the core of codependency. It can motivate us to control situations or neglect ourselves. Many of us have been afraid for so long that we don't label...
I worked at a good job, making a decent salary. I had been recovering for years. Each morning, I got into my car and I thanked God for the car. The heater...
Set your standards high, and life will arrange itself to meet those standards. Go forward with the best of expectations, and those expectations will be...
Take a risk. Take a chance. We do not have to indulge in obviously foolhardy or self-defeating risks, but we can allow ourselves to take positive risks in...
In the story of the Good Samaritan, the wayfarer fell among robbers and was left lying in the gutter, half dead. And a priest and a Levite both passed by on...
You are reading from the book Touchstones. The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment --Doug Larson We are men...
Times of Reprogramming Do not ask for love unless you're ready to be healed enough to give and receive love. Do not ask for joy unless you're ready to feel and...
Here's something to keep in mind as you go through this hectic day. The person who benefits most from your patience is you. Yes, you'll come across many people...
Intimacy is that warm gift of feeling connected to others and enjoying our connection to them. As we grow in recovery, we find that gift in many, sometimes...
As we walk through life, there are many things and people we may lose, or lose out on, if we are unwilling to commit. We need to make a commitment for...
Preparation is important, but it is not enough. Planning can be very helpful, and yet it is not enough. Being inspired fills you with positive energy, and...
We feel safe around direct, honest people. They speak their minds, and we know where we stand with them. Indirect people, people who are afraid to say who they...
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Jun 2, 2006 2:46 am
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Combating Shame Shame can hold us back, hold us down, and keep us staring at our feet. -- Beyond Codependency Watch out for shame. Many systems and people reek...
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 07, 2006 You are reading from the book Today's Gift. The human brain forgets ninety percent of what goes on. --Jan Milner There were two women...
You are reading from the book Touchstones. I believe our concept of romantic love is irrational, impossible to fulfill, and the cause of many broken homes. No...
Be willing to learn, and a teacher will appear. Be willing to work, and numerous opportunities for making a valuable, positive difference will come your way. ...
If you don't make any attempt at all, then nothing will be accomplished. Yet if you try too hard, you end up spinning your wheels and getting nowhere. If you...
When there's an obstacle directly in front of you, it can appear difficult, complicated and forbidding. Once you get past it though, you may wonder why you...
FRIDAY , JUNE 16, 2006 You are reading from the book Each Day a New Beginning. The pain of love is the pain of being alive. It's a perpetual wound. --Maureen...
SUNDAY , JUNE 18, 2006 You are reading from the book Touchstones. Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what...
Many of us have gone so numb and discounted our feelings so completely that we have gotten out of touch with our needs in relationships. We can learn to...
Sometimes, to protect ourselves, we close ourselves off from a person we're in a relationship with. Our body may be present, but we're not. We're not available...
MONDAY , JUNE 26, 2006 You are reading from the book Each Day a New Beginning. Mental health, like dandruff, crops up when you least expect it. --Robin...
One day, my mother and I were working together in the garden. We were transplanting some plant for the third time. Grown from seed in a small container, the...
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Jul 2, 2006 12:03 am
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So much of our communication can reflect our need to control. We say what we think others want to hear. We try to keep others from getting angry, feeling...
