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soul – a meditation

  Life is a school, where you learn how to remember what your soul already knows.   My reactions when I was a child came from the soul. As I grew older, my soul began to be buried under fears, scars, and emotional abuses. I thought I lost my soul, but I was wrong. It…

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truth– a meditation

  “A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid the branch breaking because the trust is not in the branch but its own wings.” I feel as though the first three Steps of the 12 Steps of my recovery program tell me just this. That I need no longer be afraid and look down…

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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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pace – a meditation

  Nature 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…

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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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