“Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.” This past week for me has brought extremely tragic and sudden news. In the past, I would have simply allowed myself to be devoured by my pain. I would have isolated myself and decided that no one could possibly understand my sadness – that I and I…
Read More“An idealist is one who, on noticing a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes it will also make better soup.” — H. L. Mencken Frequently, I have a picture in my head of how something should be or how some event should go. When my image does not match reality, I am usually…
Read MoreIt is not how much we do but how much love we put into the doing. — Mother Teresa Last year, I made a commitment to myself that I would mean Thank You when I said it. This is quite different for me from saying thank you when I mean it. I used…
Read MoreSpencer, Swetha, and Kelli talk about their experience with Al-Anon, attempting to address the question “What is Al-Anon?” We start by talking about what brought us to the program. Swetha’s boyfriend suggested the program to her, but she didn’t think at first that she qualified. Kelli’s boyfriend’s sponsor told her that if she was going…
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“He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.” ― Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera This quote…
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