“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 Growing up is part of recovery. They say that when we began to drink and/or drug we stopped growing emotionally. We need to pick up where we left off … Read more
“When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself.” – Isak Dinesen Rome wasn’t built in a day. Many of us in the early days of our recovery process are impossibly impatient. We … Read more
“Time is limited, so I better wake up every morning fresh and know that I have just one chance to live this particular day right, and to string my days together into a life of action, and purpose.” Lance Armstrong Action and purpose are the key ingredients to a happy, joyous and free life. Of … Read more
I’ve never run into a guy who could win at the top level in anything today and didn’t have the right attitude, didn’t give it everything he had, at least while he was doing it; wasn’t prepared and didn’t have the whole program worked out. — Ted Turner Getting prepared, having an attitude of gratitude, … Read more
Other people and things can stop you temporarily. You’re the only one who can do it permanently. — Zig Ziglar I have a quote on my desk by Sir Winston Churchill that reminds me to never give up, never, never, never… Winning in life is an inside job. We must be willing to face the … Read more
“Never let life’s hardships disturb you…no one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages.” – Nichiren Daishonin Somehow early on in my life of recovery I began to think that if I was sober I somehow would avoid or totally eliminate problems in my life. I felt that if I was clean and sober … Read more
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation. — Brian Tracy Every time I sit to write a blog I find myself thinking, now this is important! This is everything! When … Read more
“As soon as you start to feel differently about what you already have, you will start to attract more of the good things, more of the things you can be grateful for.” — Joe Vitale Gratitude is key to happiness and joy. Having an attitude of gratitude helps to keep us focused on the main … Read more
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. — Richard Buckminster Fuller I do a quick exercise in my lectures I ask someone to put their hand up against mine. I put a little pressure on their hand with mine and … Read more
This I know. This I believe with all my heart. If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man to grow to greater dignity as a human being … we can do it. — Eleanor Roosevelt A positive mental attitude enhances our ability to achieve anything … Read more