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Reblog: Stop Waiting for Celebrities To Die To Discuss Addiction
FEBRUARY 13, 2012 Stop Waiting For Celebrities To Die To Discuss Addiction I know everyone is anxiously awaiting a post by me about Whitney Houston’s tragic death {sarcasm about waiting for the post} but the truth of the matter
Reblog: Stop Waiting for Celebrities To Die To Discuss Addiction
FEBRUARY 13, 2012 Stop Waiting For Celebrities To Die To Discuss Addiction I know everyone is anxiously awaiting a post by me about Whitney Houston’s tragic death {sarcasm about waiting for the post} but the truth of the matter
Living a Life of Gratitude is a Choice
Living a Life of Gratitude is a Choice Image by Axel Bührmann via Flickr When you wake up in the morning what is the first thing you think about? Do you take that moment of awareness whether long or short to
Living a Life of Gratitude is a Choice
Living a Life of Gratitude is a Choice Image by Axel Bührmann via Flickr When you wake up in the morning what is the first thing you think about? Do you take that moment of awareness whether long or short to
Compassion
When we are talking about compassion and enabling and which is what it is useful to look at what the definitions of compassion are. This is an article I wrote last year. Though it is spiritual in nature I thought
Compassion
When we are talking about compassion and enabling and which is what it is useful to look at what the definitions of compassion are. This is an article I wrote last year. Though it is spiritual in nature I thought
Me??? NUTS??? Not today people, not today!
I routinely browse the internet for quotes that inspire me or become like a slogan to me. As I was doing this yesterday I came across one I had not heard before that I thought I’d share. When things get
Me??? NUTS??? Not today people, not today!
I routinely browse the internet for quotes that inspire me or become like a slogan to me. As I was doing this yesterday I came across one I had not heard before that I thought I’d share. When things get
Experience of God
…How do we begin to move from living with a definition of God and that belief to experiencing God, or the Power greater than ourselves? We start by not limiting God to what and who and where and when, we start by beginning to include in our idea of God that it is an experience to exist with God that it is a relationship with a power greater than ourselves. This is where it goes from I think, to I know. Knowing something, truly knowing something, is not a list of factually based bits of information, doctrine, or rhetoric, it is a feeling or an instinct. Knowing has a spiritual connection. We “know” this because within the definition of deep knowing comes the experience of not being able to describe it in human understandable terms. To the extent that many of us, myself included, say, “I just know…”
Experience of God
…How do we begin to move from living with a definition of God and that belief to experiencing God, or the Power greater than ourselves? We start by not limiting God to what and who and where and when, we start by beginning to include in our idea of God that it is an experience to exist with God that it is a relationship with a power greater than ourselves. This is where it goes from I think, to I know. Knowing something, truly knowing something, is not a list of factually based bits of information, doctrine, or rhetoric, it is a feeling or an instinct. Knowing has a spiritual connection. We “know” this because within the definition of deep knowing comes the experience of not being able to describe it in human understandable terms. To the extent that many of us, myself included, say, “I just know…”
God Grant Me the Serenity To Accept…
God, Grant me the serenity, to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. As I thought about this prayer that I so often recite, use
God Grant Me the Serenity To Accept…
God, Grant me the serenity, to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. As I thought about this prayer that I so often recite, use
Gratitude – A Bridge to Love
I was pondering this morning how to change from a negative mood (which I was surely beginning to be in) and a positive one. I quickly turned to my Higher Power for wisdom. I thought about being grateful and so
Gratitude – A Bridge to Love
I was pondering this morning how to change from a negative mood (which I was surely beginning to be in) and a positive one. I quickly turned to my Higher Power for wisdom. I thought about being grateful and so
Daily Recovery Reading – September 11, 2011
As I sat and did my readings today and pondered which one I would post to share my thoughts drifted. As so many of us are drawn to think about the day 10 years ago that changed much of the
Daily Recovery Reading – September 11, 2011
As I sat and did my readings today and pondered which one I would post to share my thoughts drifted. As so many of us are drawn to think about the day 10 years ago that changed much of the
Not Ready To Follow the Twelve Steps?
The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous have been around for a long time now. I have used them in relation to many areas of my life. What the 12 steps are to me is a list of guide lines of
Not Ready To Follow the Twelve Steps?
The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous have been around for a long time now. I have used them in relation to many areas of my life. What the 12 steps are to me is a list of guide lines of
Children and Baby Robins
The day before yesterday as my two 4 year old girls were playing in the front yard I heard squeals. ” He’s hurt, he’s hurt!” followed by the loud screeching of, not children, but two Robins. As I looked up my two girls were running after this really discombobulated floppy thing that I quickly recognized as a baby Robin. The were trying of course to save it. They were being followed quickly by two screeching adult Robins that thought the girls were going to attack their baby.
Children and Baby Robins
The day before yesterday as my two 4 year old girls were playing in the front yard I heard squeals. ” He’s hurt, he’s hurt!” followed by the loud screeching of, not children, but two Robins. As I looked up my two girls were running after this really discombobulated floppy thing that I quickly recognized as a baby Robin. The were trying of course to save it. They were being followed quickly by two screeching adult Robins that thought the girls were going to attack their baby.
