“The Secret”

Friends

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I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let’s face it, friends make life a lot more fun.   Charles R. Swindoll Without a doubt there is a social paradigm to life.  If you are old enough you … Read more

The Heart of a Champion

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Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.  – Eddie Rickenbacker The message of Real Life Recovery is to show average and ordinary people that they can build a life they are proud of and they can gain independence for themselves and their families.  If we have … Read more

Developing the Habit of Happiness

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I have heard various numbers from 21 days to 90 days as the magic number to develop a habit or turn a bad one to good!  In the recovery aspect of life 90 days seems to work well.  I suggest you build confidence by utilizing 90 day bursts in your life.  I believe that part … Read more

L is for Life is Gooood!

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To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.   Johannes A. Gaertner Life is worth LIVING, cause Life is Gooood!  Living in gratitude is the key to happiness.  We attract more and more good into our lives by staying grateful for all … Read more

The ABC’s of Gratitude

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To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself … Read more

Self Help or Self Improvement?

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Is there a difference? There certainly is and it is big. I was in a Network Marketing Company and I heard a speaker at a conference say “This is a self-improvement program with a high compensation outcome!” It was my first exposure to this way of thinking. Honestly, I was immediately attracted to the approach … Read more

Attraction Stones

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My whole life I had the inner desire to “Be Somebody”. I wanted to make a difference in the world. In the 4th grade things started to really go downhill for me. Ten years of age and I had already begun the process of giving up and I did not even know it. By the … Read more

Failure is not fatal…

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I have failed numerous times in my life. When I do, I always go back to the one issue that has saved me. I stopped drinking and drugging. In the past I have reflected on failure and said to myself; “self, look at you what you have done now, what kind of example are you?” … Read more

Drug and Alchol Rehab: Diana Nightingale Conversation

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I am honored and joyous to have recently had the opportunity to speak with Diana Nightingale, “The First Lady of Transformation”. Diana is the widow of the late Earl Nightingale, Author of “The Strangest Secret”. Diana has continued the legacy of Earls message and the key to success, “We Become What We Think About”. Diana … Read more