“If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we are not really living. Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.” – Gail Sheehy I attended a self-help meeting yesterday and the topic was change. I heard quite a few interesting tidbits as the group members took their time sharing. If you have ever … Read more
“My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.” – Abraham Lincoln Failure isn’t fatal it is the seed to success. Of course you have heard about Thomas Edison’s failure record when it came to developing the light bulb. He was asked how he could fail so … Read more
“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.” – Orison Swett Marden Through the years I have found that the more Hope and Love a person had as a child the greater the chance they would have at recovery. Now of course that is … Read more
These allergic types can never safely use alcohol in any form at all; and once having formed the habit and found they cannot break it, once having lost their self-confidence, their reliance upon things human, their problems pile up on them and become astonishingly difficult to solve. —Alcoholics Anonymous (4th ed.) We have Blogged before … Read more
This is an excellent piece out of the Daily Reflection. I could not help but post it for you to read! I hope you enjoy it as much as I have…. Dan 🙂 DAILY REFLECTIONS FEBRUARY 15 TAKING ACTION Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us—sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. … Read more
“When I do things without any explanation, but just with spontaneity…I can be sure that I am right.” – Federico Fellini When I am active in my Spiritual life spontaneity is a wonderful thing. I make great decisions, I behave appropriately, I help people, and I feel better. Yet spontaneity was my enemy as an addict, … Read more
I have been reading the daily reflections for about 20 years now, I do not remember when they printed it but it was about 20 or 21 years ago. Prior to that I used the 24 hour a day. Since I have waffled back and forth, but today the Kelly Foundation sends it to my … Read more
“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.” – Buddha Obviously, I am not a Buddhist, but this spiritual guru had an enormous amount of wisdom. That word “health” could … Read more
“The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one’s work seriously and taking one’s self seriously. The first is imperative, the second is disastrous.” – Margot Fonteyn I was out of work and sober for the first time in my life. It was 1990 and I had lost my … Read more