Thought pieces, prayers, and meditations.
When you think everything is someone else’s fault, you will suffer a lot. Dalai Lama Before working (and practicing) the 12 Steps, playing the victim was my default method of existence. It permeated my every state of being. The way I talked, the way I acted, even the way I thought – all of…
Read MoreI did it selfishly because I didn’t want to live in pain, anymore. It’s funny, when you do something from a place of truth…it works out where it is the right thing for a lot of other people as well. Ellen DeGeneres It is interesting what I feel is selfish and what I feel…
Read MoreNever give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. Earl Nightingale I have always wanted to be healthy. I have always wanted to respond to hard times in a positive way. I have always wanted to grow spiritually. But I decided…
Read MoreI’m getting questions about how I’m handling my news/illness emotionally—as though grief ought to be tidily boxed to one side or apparent always. Neither. Some think I oughtn’t make my way to each moment, glad or if I am glad I must no be accepting what I’ve been told: likely no way out of an…
Read MoreThe difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do. If you should ask me what my flaws are, I can rattle off twenty or thirty with little thought involved. However, if you should ask my what my strengths are, it would be with great difficulty that I…
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