My mind is a garden. My thoughts are the seeds. My harvest will be either flower or weeds. -Mel Weldon What we put in we will get out, we sow what we reap. If we plant vegetables we will harvest food to sustain us. If we plant weeds we will be full of inconsistency and … Read more
I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. – Diane Ackerman As alcoholics and addicts when we are actively using we have nothing more to look forward to then more … Read more
A real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken a new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided. Tony Robbins The decision making process is exactly that a process. There are four aspects of the process. First we must decide to take action. We must recognize that the word DECIDE means … Read more
Look at the happy side of life, and you will develop the happiness habit. – Remez Sasson I was fortunate to be in a mens meeting last night and a young man, sober a year shared about happiness. He indicated that he chased and drank to be happy, when it no longer worked he was … Read more
We have to fight them daily, like fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies. – Etty Hillesum Why worry? If we are to be happy, joyous and free we need to be free of worry. We all feel stress, however we must immediately utilize our tools to clarify what … Read more
On the other hand—and strange as this may seem to those who do not understand—once a psychic change has occurred, the very same person who seemed doomed, who had so many problems he despaired of ever solving them, suddenly finds himself easily able to control his desire for alcohol, the only effort necessary being that … Read more
“The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another’s, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.” – Leo Buscaglia Over time I have learned to redefine the term spirituality. My first impression was that … Read more
“There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to bloom.” Anais Nin In the Hall of Fame audio “The Strangest Secret”, Earl Nightingale states the number one problem in society today is that people fail to think! They simply don’t think. There … Read more
“We must dare to think “unthinkable” thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world.” – James William Fulbright Change is inevitable. We are all changing on a daily basis. The world changes around us whether we like it or not. In order … Read more