Month: April 2013

boundaries – a meditation

  He that respects himself is safe from others; he wears a coat of mail that none can pierce. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I always had trouble with boundaries. I didn’t know how to keep people from encroaching on my stuff. Nor did I know how to keep out of other people’s stuff. On the…

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growth – a meditation

  “The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.”   This quote reminds that everyone, everyday, has a choice. They can choose to continue to do what they are doing or to make a different choice if that’s not working for them. For me,…

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Gratitude – Episode 19

How do we feel gratitude? Can gratitude help get you through a hard time? Is it something you can choose? Does finding gratitude make your problems go away? What is an “Attitude of Gratitude”? Special guest hosts Kate and Patrick join Swetha and Spencer to talk about these questions, and about their experience finding gratitude,…

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do the next right thing – a meditation

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. –Socrates In the program, we often hear “change your behavior to fix your thinking” or “do the next right thing.” Reading this quote, really cemented the ideas behind those two slogans for me. I…

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destiny – a meditation

  Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray. ~Rumi This quote reminds me to trust in the process, trust in my Higher Power, and trust in the universe. Since I’ve been in the program, I have been aware that the universe has been…

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