Month: December 2012

Meditation

      Please, God, let me be small and useful.       Today, I had an extremely busy day filled with presentations and meetings where I was the point person. Instinctively, I felt myself get anxious and, alas, start to lose my serenity. Thankfully, because of my work with the program, I was…

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Boundaries – Pilot episode 1

Spencer, Kelli, and Swetha discuss boundaries. We all agreed that before coming into the program that we pretty much did not set boundaries, for fear that others would not respect them. Instead we got angry about violations of unstated boundaries and carried those resentments. When we heard talk of boundaries in meetings, we didn’t understand…

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Forgive us

  Forgive us that often we forgive ourselves so easily and others so hardly; Forgive us that we expect perfection from those to whom we show none; Forgive us for repelling people by the way we set a good example; Forgive us the folly of trying to improve a friend; Forbid that we should use…

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Where we’re at

As our friend Mark announced in episode 391 of Recovered, we are still in the planning phase for the actual podcast. We’d love to hear from you. What would you like to hear and see in an “Al-Anon” themed podcast? Continue reading to learn how you can contribute.

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rock or …?

  Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground, be crumbled. Wildflowers will come up where you are. ~ Rumi A meditation for December 8, 2012

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