expectations

reflect – a meditation

  We 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….

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freedom – a meditation

  Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it. Roald Dahl This quote doesn’t resonate with me – that’s what I think is so great about it. When I joined the program of recovery that I am in, I didn’t walk into it thinking “This is going to work and everything is going…

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humanity – a meditation

  What 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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protection – a meditation

  For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. Psalms 91:11, King James Bible I was sitting in a restaurant with a friend when I heard this quote. I was feeling a little insecure and lost in life at the time. While we were in the restaurant,…

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rose soup – a meditation

    “An idealist is one who, on noticing a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes it will also make better soup.” — H. L. Mencken   Frequently, I have a picture in my head of how something should be or how some event should go. When my image does not match reality, I am usually…

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