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truth– a meditation

  “A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid the branch breaking because the trust is not in the branch but its own wings.” I feel as though the first three Steps of the 12 Steps of my recovery program tell me just this. That I need no longer be afraid and look down…

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reflect – a meditation

  We can waste time searching for our own reflection in others, or we can focus on reflecting what we love in others.   So much of my life has been spent watching or experiencing one abusive situation after another and seeing how my loved ones sweep it under the rug and pretend it’s OK….

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pace – a meditation

  Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. Lao Tzu My favorite part of that quote is “yet everything is accomplished.” I am a “hurry-er.” I hurry up and get there so that I can I hurry up and wait. I hurry up and finish my work so that I can hurry up and…

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self – a meditation

  Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and scared. Don’t open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down the dulcimer. Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground. Rumi Today, like many other days, I woke up…

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Higher Power – a meditation

  The poorer we are inwardly, the more we try to enrich ourselves outwardly. Bruce Lee I love this quote. It provides me with such a simple check of where I am with my program, at that moment. If I am worried about things going on outside of my control, I know that my true…

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