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worry – a meditation

  Worrying doesn’t take away tomorrow’s troubles. It takes away today’s peace. If worrying was an Olympic sport, I think I’d win gold every time. I often do everything I can in a situation and then when there is literally nothing else I can do, I worry. I start thinking of all the worst case…

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anger – a meditation

  Fear is the path of the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. Yoda I used to be afraid of angry people. I used to be afraid of manipulative people. I used to be afraid of liars, too. How funny that I felt I could not feel…

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protection – a meditation

  For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. Psalms 91:11, King James Bible I was sitting in a restaurant with a friend when I heard this quote. I was feeling a little insecure and lost in life at the time. While we were in the restaurant,…

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forcing solutions – a meditation

  Calvin: You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don’t help. Hobbes: Well, you’ve done all you can do. Calvin & Hobbes I love this quote because, for one, it’s Calvin & Hobbes. And, two, it’s so true for my life now that I am in recovery. In the past, when I…

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selfishness – a meditation

  It is not selfish to live the life you want to live, it is selfish to tell others to live the life you want them to live. – Oscar Wilde   I am often afraid to live my own life. I am afraid of the consequences. I am afraid I will be shown to…

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