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the Fourth Step – a meditation

  The more you love your decisions, the less you need others to love them. This quote, I feel, captures the essence of my low self-esteem and lack of self-trust. I sought the approval of others because I did not love myself. I sought the advice and direction of others because I did not trust…

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self – a meditation

  It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. Ella Maillart What I find most beautiful about this quote is that it doesn’t say that I need to be someone different at the end of the journey. What I see in this quote is that spiritual growth is…

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letting go – a guest meditation from Beth

  “When I heard ‘Let Go and Let God’ for the first time, it didn’t make sense to me. Let go of what? And let God do what? Hope for Today – Al-Anon Family Groups When despair led me to my first AlAnon meeting, the season was late summer. By the time the leaves on the…

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thankful – a meditation

  Take time to be thankful for everything that you have. You can always have more, but you could also have less.   In a moment of anger, grief, hurt, or fear, I look only at my situation and see only the bad. But when I can hit the pause button and take a step…

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prayer – a meditation

  Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart. Mahatma Gandhi I used to use prayer as my judgment of God. At night, I would sit and explain to…

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