"“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” -- Ralph Waldo Emerson"…
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 beginning of time, everyone has been called upon> to meet such a crisis.…
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! Yehuda Berg …
"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 you look back at the end of your life what will really matter?Five words...the qua…
"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 someone saw my grin,When he smiled l realized,I’d passed it on to …
AA-related 'Alconym' . . .
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 think about all the stuff that I needed to do. I finally had to…
Honesty
I know the biggest word for me in AA is "honesty."I don't believe this program would work for meif I didn't get honest with myself about everything.Honesty is the easiest word for me to understandbeca…
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: To think clearly without hurry or confusion; To love everyb…
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 is all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the t…
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 glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a…
. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives.
. 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 the Voyager 1 spacecraft as it exits the solar system, nearly 4 bill…
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 TzuYour beliefs become your thoughtsYour thoughts become your wordsYour words become your acti…
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 anythingoutside ourselves will affect us.2 - Borrow money from pessimists -- they don't expect it back. 3 - Half the people you …
ultimate freedom
"Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.' -- Stephen Covey"…
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 giver.Barbara De Angelis"…
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 person..When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to m…
"“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,
"Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can fin…
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 to your servant Dietrich Bonhoeffer to know and teach the truth …
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 never fails to greet us each new day.Yet is this heart by its ol…
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 of Health surveys show that there are quite a few more Amer…
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 official A.A. statistics.*Now if 100 raving alcoholics had to …
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 aggressive attitude towards them. It isn’t the first time that two …
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 in much the same way as cocaine and heroin. The rats that gorged t…
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 -- are always attained by giving them to someone else."…
"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 understand them and help them.Today's Quotable:I have held many t…
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; to love is to act. If you really love, from the depths of your Co…
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.list of drunks whose loutish behaviour led to them being ba…
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 themselves and others by their lack of self, and if the user t…
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 people. Sharing with persons that can get to the bottom of their…
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 cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul…
“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 stones out of the rock and sighs: “If only I was rich.” A mount…
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 never know when and where your next miracle will appear. So be re…
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 whathad 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 and structural tension is lost, and the latterhas won. When …
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 say, your surroundings, your life situation, even the weather.…
"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 we have to do is listen, then take that one step further and trust…
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!!!If you are holding on to past hurts and pains .......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, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will w…
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 anddifficult 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 not trouble your-self much to get new things, whether clothe…
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 the day what our next step is to be, that we be givenwhatever we …
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. There will always be a good excuse not to, but excuses don´t …
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 they show themselves, sometimes a little white feather comes to y…
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". But that valuable principle really refers to our mental and emo…
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 of these days is YESTERDAY with its mistakes and cares, its fault…
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 being connected with others and nature. 4. Frequent overwhelming episodes of…
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 uphill battle every day, sometimes is how it seems Our hope…
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 Make happy tracks In many snows And may the rainbow Always tou…
Native American Serenity Prayer
Oh Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the windsand whose breath gives life to all the worldHear meI come before you, one of your childrenI am small and weak, I need your strength and wisdomLet me wa…
"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 forth its riches; because for the creator there is no poverty and no ind…
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, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is …
You use spirituality as your drug,
English: Tibetan endless knot Nederlands: Tibetaanse Oneindige knoop (Photo credit: Wikipedia) You can experience this pain as a longing for God, putting that God outside of yourself and giving him/h…
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