Positive Mental Attitude

“If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.”  — Peace Pilgrim For over a decade I have been working on my mental attitude.  Over the years I have made enormous progress.  I went from looking for “Murphy’s Law” to rear it’s ugly head regularly to exactly the opposite, … Read more

Vocational Endeavors

“Can anything be sadder than work unfinished? Yes, work never begun.” – Christina Rossetti Living a purposeful life is rewarding.  Simply living in the daily grind of life is challenging.  Having a “Reason” to get up and go each and every day is one of the important ingredients in the recipe for happiness.  In the beginning … Read more

Optimism

Todays meditation is so good I am reprinting it here. You can find it in your daily reflections. It goes right along with our Enthusiasm Blog. KEEPING OPTIMISM AFLOAT The other steps can keep most of us sober and somehow functioning. But Step Eleven can keep us growing… THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART, p. 240 … Read more

Enthusiasm!

“Throw back the shoulders, let the heart sing, let the eyes flash, let the mind be lifted up, look upward and say to yourself… nothing is impossible!”   – Norman Vincent Peale Enthusiasm for life is essential.  One of my morning affirmations goes like this:  Today I will win—  Why? I’ll tell you why:  Because I … Read more

Belief is the Battle!

“Believe that you can do it, under any circumstances. Because if you believe you can, then you really will. That belief just keeps you searching for the answers, then pretty soon you get it.”   – Wally “Famous” Amos Belief is the battle!  It is not half the battle it is the Battle.  We allow compulsive thoughts … Read more

Alcoholic?

“But the actual or potential alcoholic, with hardly an exception, will be absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of self-knowledge.” Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 39 What is an alcoholic?  We received an e-mail regarding a young man that is not sure whether he is alcoholic.  He wonders if maybe he is mentally ill.  I … Read more