You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. Jon Kabat-Zinn This reminds me that when I accept reality, I will find new choices. When I do not accept what I cannot change, I waste time and energy fighting it. When I recognize it for truth, then I am freed to accomplish…

  Only love, only love can leave such a mark But only love, only love can heal such a scar … Only love, only love can leave such a mark But only love, only love unites our hearts U2 — Magnificent We come to Al-Anon when the drinking or drugging of someone we love has made…

    I may not be there yet, but I’m closer than I was yesterday.     I am a perfectionist. I want everything I do to be done perfectly. This is not a realistic attitude, it leads to disappointment, and sometimes even prevents me from starting on something because I can’t do it perfectly….

“…there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” The slogan “First things first” helps me to avoid over-thinking.

Though the truth may vary,
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore.