acceptance

love – a meditation

  Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real. Iris Murdoch For me, there are two places from which my actions can come: 1) fear or 2) love. Until I came to the program, I always acted out of fear. And that bred resentment and suffering until I was filled…

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sophrosyne – a meditation

  sophrosyne – (n.) a healthy state of mind, characterized by self-control, moderation, and a deep awareness of one’s true self, and resulting in true happiness.   I think this meditation is pretty self-explanatory, but the one thing I loved that I wanted to draw attention to about this is that it does not specify…

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be – a meditation

  You are a child of the Universe, No less than the trees and the stars; You have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, No doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should. -Desiderata Les Crane Someone once told me “You exist so you have the right…

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namaste – a meditation

  Namaste: The Divine in me recognizes and honors the Divine in you. I honor the place in you where the entire universe resides. I honor the light, love, truth, beauty & peace within you, because it is also within me. In sharing these things we are united, we are the same, we are one….

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miracles – a meditation

  Look for magic in daily routine. Lou Barlow I used to feel alone before my program of recovery. I felt like there no one I could turn to. I used to think that if there was a Higher Power, I want proof. The truth is that my outsides reflected what I believed inside. I…

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