"“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” -- Ralph Waldo Emer...
be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else
Sooner or later a crisis will enter your life,
Sooner or later a crisis will enter your life, and how you meet it > determines your future happiness and success. > > Since the...
Affront difficult situations always with a feeling of security, because the Light is always there!
Affront difficult situations always with a feeling of security, because the Light is always there! ...
"Eighty percent of life's satisfaction comes from meaningful relationships.
Brian Tracy said..."Eighty percent of life's satisfaction comes from meaningful relationships." Think about it...when yo...
"Laughter is the shortest distance between human hearts.
Smiling is infectious, You catch it like the flu, When someone smiled at me today, l started smiling too. I passed around the corner, And ...
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
AA-related 'Alconym' . . . H O W = H onesty, O pen-mindedness, W illingness.
Today's Tool:
As I begin my day I have taken time to spend with God. It was hard to slow down and stay in the moment. As soon as I woke up I began to thi...
Honesty
I know the biggest word for me in AA is "honesty." I don't believe this program would work for me if I didn't get honest w...
Four things to learn in life:
I pray that I may learn how to have inner peace. I pray that I may be calm, so that God can work through me. Four things to learn in life...
unwise to pay too much, but it's also unwise to pay too
"It's unwise to pay too much, but it's also unwise to pay too little. When you pay too much you lose a little money, that ...
Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in g...
. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives.
words by Carl Sagan If you look carefully at the NASA photo, you will see a little white dot. This minute speck is Earth seen from th...
celibate clergy
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. Carl Sagan
For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. Carl Sagan
'Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage
"'Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage.' -- Lao Tzu Your beliefs be...
The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard
1 -Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us. 2 - Borrow money from pes...
ultimate freedom
"Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.' -- Stephen Cove...
Love and kindness are never wasted
"Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you the give...
People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime
"People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that ...
"“Life is 10% what you make it, and 90% how you take it.”
"“Life is 10% what you make it, and 90% how you take it.” Irvin Berlin"
Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make,
"Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choos...
Believe that life is worth living
"“Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.” Willliam James"
Life is hard’
"When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard’, I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?” Sydney J. Harris"
"This is the end, and, for me, the beginning of life."
"This is the end, and, for me, the beginning of life."
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Plakette für Dietrich Bonhoeffer in Berlin (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Gracious God, the Beyond in the midst of our life, who gave Grace ...
our whole life shall then be Yours alone.
By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered, And confidently waiting come what may, we know that God is with us night and morning, and n...
Small opportunities
"“Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.” ~Demosthenes"
this comes out to 26%.
*The official A.A. figures, which show an A.A, membership in the U.S. of around one million, are very conservative -- the National Institute...
1 % A.A. success rate statistically impossible
It is statistically impossible for AA to have only a 1% success rate. There are about 1 million A.A. members in the U.S., according to the o...
The little tiger cubs were adopted by the little chimpanzee after they had to be separated from their mother as she demonstrated an aggressive attitude towards them.
The little tiger cubs were adopted by the little chimpanzee after they had to be separated from their mother as she demonstrated an aggress...
Slashdot | Fatty Foods May Cause Cocaine-Like Addiction
Slashdot Fatty Foods May Cause Cocaine-Like Addiction : "new study in rats suggests that high-fat, high-calorie foods affect the brain ...
There is a wonderful mythical law of nature
"There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life -- happiness, freedom, and peace of mind -- ...
"Today's Prayer:
I pray that I may be in the right relationship to God. I pray God will interpret to me the personalities of other people, so that I can unde...
direct communion with the human soul, and when the heart speaks, even with the resistance of the head, something inside you changes; your heart opens another heart, and true love is possible
What is love? "When mystics use the word love, they use it very carefully -- in the deeply spiritual sense, where to love is to know; ...
list of drunks whose loutish behaviour led to them being banned from pubs and clubs at the turn of the last century has been launched online.
list of drunks whose loutish behaviour led to them being banned from pubs and clubs at the turn of the last century has been launched online...
The problem is affecting drinkers of confusion, both for himself and almost everyone else in their lives.
The problem is affecting drinkers of confusion, both for himself and almost everyone else in their lives. Regularly and chronically ill the...
Alcoholic anonymous is a companionship society includes women and men
Alcoholic anonymous is a companionship society includes women and men that want to allot their experience, hope and strength to other peopl...
There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul
There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognitio...
“If only I was rich.”
Multatuli a Dutch renowned writer tells the story of a Japanese sculptor in his book Max Havelaar: Day after day the poor sculptor chips s...
You should always have your hook baited. In the pool you least think, there will be a fish
“You should always have your hook baited. In the pool you least think, there will be a fish. You n...
Being convinced that self, manifested in various ways, was what had defeated us, we considered its common manifestations.
Being convinced that self, manifested in various ways, was what had defeated us, we considered its common manifestations.
balance between enjoyment and structural tension is lost
When you want to arrive at your goal more than you want to be doing what you are doing, you become stressed. The balance between enjoyment...
See if you can catch yourself complaining
“See if you can catch yourself complaining, in either speech or thought, about a situation you find yourself in, what other people do or s...
"I trust so much in the power of the heart and the soul; I know that the answer to what we need to do next is in our own hearts. All we have to do is listen, then take that one step further and trust what we hear. We will be taught what we need to learn."
"I trust so much in the power of the heart and the soul; I know that the answer to what we need to do next is in our own hearts. All ...
If someone can't treat you right, love you back, and see your worth......
If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong to you and was never intended for your life, then you need to...... LET IT GO!!...
People are often unreasonable, irrational and self-centered.
People are often unreasonable, irrational and self-centred. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ul...
age of miracles is still with us. Our own recovery proves that!
age of miracles is still with us. Our own recovery proves that!
it is a miracle.
The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult thing; it is almost a miracle; it is a miracle.
Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. God will see that you do want society.
However mean your life is, meet it and live it: do not shun it and call it hard names. Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do...
Many of us have wasted a lot of time doing that and it doesn't work. You can easily see why.
Wasted on the Young (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) We usually conclude the period of meditation with a prayer that we be shown all through t...
READ THIS IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE
Today is a new day. Make the best of it. Don´t fill it with complaints or regrets. Break the cycle and use today to accomplish something. ...
rocketed into a
We have found much of heaven and we have been rocketed into a fourth dimension of existence of which we had not even dreamed.
Angels don’t worry about you.
Angels don’t worry about you. They believe in you! People sometimes ask me if I believe in angels. And yes, I certainly do! Sometimes...
Vision is, I think, the ability to make good estimates
Vision is, I think, the ability to make good estimates. Some might feel this sort of striving to be heresy against "One Day At A Time...
Let Us, Therefore, Live But One Day At A Time
There are two days in every week about which we should not worry, two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension. One ...
In loving actual individual beings
In loving actual individual beings one can slip into a fanciful idea about how one thinks or could wish this being should be
Trust in Miracles
1. An increased tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen. 2. Frequent attacks of smiling. 3. Feelings of bein...
Remember I am here for you,
Together We Are Strong When life becomes a challenge, and each day becomes a chore Remember I am here for you, Like eagles we shall soar. An...
Gentle Wishes for You
May the warm winds of Heaven Blow softly upon your house May the Great Spirit Bless all those who enter there May your moccasins ...
Native American Serenity Prayer
Oh Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds and whose breath gives life to all the world Hear me I come before you, one of your child...
"If your everyday life seems poor, don't blame it; blame yourself; admit to yourself that you are not enough of a poet to call forth its riches; because for the creator there is no poverty and no indifferent place."
"If your everyday life seems poor, don't blame it; blame yourself; admit to yourself that you are not enough of a poet to call fo...
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy
‘ The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens,...
You use spirituality as your drug,
English: Tibetan endless knot Nederlands: Tibetaanse Oneindige knoop (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) You can experience this pain as a longin...
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