You will have
wonderful surges forward.
Then there must be
a time of consolidating
before the next forward surge.
Accept this
as part of the process
and never become
downhearted.
Today, a new day! I've been given a totally different senario today. I let myself slip into self-pity yesterday. I shared about some of it and was blessed with encouragement and support from several of my friends here, which means alot to me, and I am grateful to all of you dear b...
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Emerson once wrote, "No change of
circumstances can repair a defect of
character." For us, this is true. If we are
impossible to live with, getting another
spouse will not change our disagree-
ableness. If we constantly bum from
friends, changing our friends will not
make us less of a bum. If we are basically
inconsiderate, moving to another state
will not make us more considerate.
But working our character defect steps
can remove our undesirable charac-
t...
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Today, I seem to have hit a wall again. I am feeling lost and alone, and I have no idea where I am going. I have the feeling that I am kidding myself. I think I am doing well and putting alot into my program but something inside of me feels differently. I am going to less meetings since my daily schedule has changed and I am slipping into isolation again. My involvement with my people here at home has diminished somewhat. I did go to my home-group yesterday evening (AA). It was good to be there,...
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Pray to God, row to shore. --Anonymous
The sign in the antique store showed a fisherman in a rowboat being tossed about in a storm. The message was clear: the fisherman may have great faith, but now was not the time to put away the oars and kneel in prayer - it was time to pray and row! Sometimes we find ourselves in a storm of trouble, a sea of problems, and we want God to get us out. We may even pray,"God, get me out of this mess." But like the man in the rowboat, the way out is not jus...
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