Don’t let people pull you into their storm. Pull them into your peace. Kimberley Jones I do not fully agree with this quote. I definitely agree with the first sentence: “don’t let people pull you into their storm”. And I love that it says “their storm” and “my peace.” I feel like that immediately gives…
Read MoreWe can waste time searching for our own reflection in others, or we can focus on reflecting what we love in others. So much of my life has been spent watching or experiencing one abusive situation after another and seeing how my loved ones sweep it under the rug and pretend it’s OK….
Read MoreNature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. Lao Tzu My favorite part of that quote is “yet everything is accomplished.” I am a “hurry-er.” I hurry up and get there so that I can I hurry up and wait. I hurry up and finish my work so that I can hurry up and…
Read MoreToday, like every other day, we wake up empty and scared. Don’t open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down the dulcimer. Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground. Rumi Today, like many other days, I woke up…
Read MoreWhat would happen to our recovery if it depended completely on one or two well-intentioned but fallible human beings? How Al-Anon Works, p. 123 (tradition 12). My recovery would fail, that is my answer to that question. I think that is why I used to be so “unserene” before my recovery program. I used…
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