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Dan · 09-07-2005, 09:29 AM

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
~Andre Gide, french writer.

bikewench · 09-07-2005, 09:38 AM

yeah....

as the truth is an ever illusive thing...
couched among perspectives... beliefs.. and life/emotional dissonance...
grasped for a fleeting second...
and then gone..
lost in life's changing moments...

I use to think that I would be... "there" when I finally found the truth...
I know today there is no "there"
there is only the balancing act of today...

Good one Dan...
thanks..

Chy · 09-07-2005, 09:57 AM

good stuff Dan and Bikewench! Thanks!

09-07-2005, 09:59 AM

Believe nothing you hear, and believe half what you see. I

In my case, I have a tough time all around. My hearing is shot due to permanent tinnitus--and I can't see worth a crap.

squirrelly77 · 09-07-2005, 10:12 AM

True.
Very True.
My "spiritual progress" is forever expanding. And, I'm wide open to expansion nowadays!

Good stuff.

Danielle

nogard · 09-07-2005, 05:10 PM

"Life is what happens, while we are busy making other plans" - John Lennon.

This helps me stay in the present and not in my head.

nogard

Dan · 09-08-2005, 06:30 AM

Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration of another's personhood.
~Karen Casey, american author.

Gooch · 09-08-2005, 07:31 AM

"My serenity is inversely proportional to my level of expectations"
- anonymous member of NA. ( that means I can't remember who said it. lol )

Dan · 09-09-2005, 04:07 AM

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
~Stephen Hawking, english physicist.

Millwallj · 09-09-2005, 04:18 AM

My God! Wow.

the only truth is that there is no truth.

unless, of course...

thanks mate.

Dan · 09-10-2005, 03:14 AM

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.
~H.L Mencken, american editor.

nogard · 09-10-2005, 04:38 PM

Achievement seems to be connected with action.
Successful men and women keep moving.
They make mistakes, but they don't quit.

- Conrad Hilton

nogard

Dan · 09-10-2005, 08:10 PM

Recovery is big enough for us all.
~Phinny.

amymarie · 09-10-2005, 08:22 PM

The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." - Einstein <HR>

Dan · 09-11-2005, 06:11 PM

Too much time to allow the mind to wander it's own negative addictive path only creates accompanying negative emotions which makes us do even less which creates more misery from things neglected and more pain and on and on...
~bikewench

Dan · 09-12-2005, 04:26 PM

Living well in the sunlight of the spirit and
the joy of recovery is my decision.
~CarolD.

Dan · 09-14-2005, 02:46 PM

So excited to be alive today. So excited to learn today. Out of that fog and into a reality.
~AmyMarie

lulu70 · 09-14-2005, 05:12 PM

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face......do the thing you think you cannot do.
~Eleanor Roosevelt

FaeryQueen · 09-14-2005, 05:50 PM

Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.

Meister Eckhart

Val-light · 09-14-2005, 06:02 PM

True that!

JT · 09-14-2005, 08:08 PM

So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains
And we never even know we have the key
The Eagles

Quote:

The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." - Einstein

Blew me backwards out of my chair!

Dan · 09-15-2005, 03:23 PM

An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do.
Dylan Thomas.

nogard · 09-15-2005, 03:30 PM

I believe, if we take habitual drunkards as a class, their heads and their hearts will bear an advantageous comparison with those of any other class. There seems ever to have been a proneness in the brilliant and warm-blooded to fall into this vice.

Abraham Lincoln

Dan · 09-20-2005, 07:54 AM

I will not do anything for someone today that they can and need to do for themselves.
Bikewench

Dan · 09-21-2005, 06:43 PM

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
Author unknown.

09-07-2005, 09:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
Dan Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,753	Quote of the Day:) Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. ~Andre Gide, french writer.

09-07-2005, 10:12 AM	#5 (permalink)
squirrelly77 Little Girl Found Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Lower Penninsula Posts: 567	True. Very True. My "spiritual progress" is forever expanding. And, I'm wide open to expansion nowadays! Good stuff. Danielle __________________

09-07-2005, 05:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
nogard Connected at last Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia Posts: 11,813 Blog Entries: 3	"Life is what happens, while we are busy making other plans" - John Lennon. This helps me stay in the present and not in my head. nogard __________________ ...And like a bird that's on the wing and is flying free He can hear the song of home endlessly

09-10-2005, 04:38 PM	#12 (permalink)
nogard Connected at last Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia Posts: 11,813 Blog Entries: 3	Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. - Conrad Hilton nogard __________________ ...And like a bird that's on the wing and is flying free He can hear the song of home endlessly

09-10-2005, 08:22 PM	#14 (permalink)
amymarie No more hostages Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: houston Posts: 790	The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." - Einstein <HR> __________________ recovery begins with a willingness to do whatever it takes... and for me that means WHATEVER it takes...

09-07-2005, 09:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
bikewench Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: western canada Posts: 1,440	yeah.... as the truth is an ever illusive thing... couched among perspectives... beliefs.. and life/emotional dissonance... grasped for a fleeting second... and then gone.. lost in life's changing moments... I use to think that I would be... "there" when I finally found the truth... I know today there is no "there" there is only the balancing act of today... Good one Dan... thanks..

09-07-2005, 09:57 AM	#3 (permalink)
Chy Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: El Paso, Tx Posts: 5,886	good stuff Dan and Bikewench! Thanks!

09-07-2005, 09:59 AM	#4 (permalink)
Midas Guest Posts: n/a	Believe nothing you hear, and believe half what you see. I In my case, I have a tough time all around. My hearing is shot due to permanent tinnitus--and I can't see worth a crap.

09-08-2005, 06:30 AM	#7 (permalink)
Dan Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,753	Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration of another's personhood. ~Karen Casey, american author.

09-08-2005, 07:31 AM	#8 (permalink)
Gooch Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: out there... Posts: 2,668	"My serenity is inversely proportional to my level of expectations" - anonymous member of NA. ( that means I can't remember who said it. lol )

09-09-2005, 04:07 AM	#9 (permalink)
Dan Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,753	We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special. ~Stephen Hawking, english physicist.

09-09-2005, 04:18 AM	#10 (permalink)
Millwallj Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London Posts: 505	My God! Wow. the only truth is that there is no truth. unless, of course... thanks mate.

09-10-2005, 03:14 AM	#11 (permalink)
Dan Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,753	Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking. ~H.L Mencken, american editor.

09-10-2005, 08:10 PM	#13 (permalink)
Dan Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,753	Recovery is big enough for us all. ~Phinny.

09-11-2005, 06:11 PM	#15 (permalink)
Dan Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,753	Too much time to allow the mind to wander it's own negative addictive path only creates accompanying negative emotions which makes us do even less which creates more misery from things neglected and more pain and on and on... ~bikewench

09-12-2005, 04:26 PM	#16 (permalink)
Dan Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,753	Living well in the sunlight of the spirit and the joy of recovery is my decision. ~CarolD.

09-14-2005, 02:46 PM	#17 (permalink)
Dan Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,753	So excited to be alive today. So excited to learn today. Out of that fog and into a reality. ~AmyMarie

09-14-2005, 05:12 PM	#18 (permalink)
lulu70 We all need each other. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The road of happy destiny. Posts: 2,223	You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face......do the thing you think you cannot do. ~Eleanor Roosevelt __________________ "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.....do the thing you think you cannot do." ~Eleanor Roosevelt

09-14-2005, 05:50 PM	#19 (permalink)
FaeryQueen Dreamlike...Now Join Date: May 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 707	Only the hand that erases can write the true thing. Meister Eckhart __________________ "I don't do drugs. I am drugs." Dali

09-14-2005, 06:02 PM	#20 (permalink)
Val-light Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 629	True that!

09-15-2005, 03:23 PM	#22 (permalink)
Dan Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,753	An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do. Dylan Thomas.

09-15-2005, 03:30 PM	#23 (permalink)
nogard Connected at last Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia Posts: 11,813 Blog Entries: 3	I believe, if we take habitual drunkards as a class, their heads and their hearts will bear an advantageous comparison with those of any other class. There seems ever to have been a proneness in the brilliant and warm-blooded to fall into this vice. Abraham Lincoln __________________ ...And like a bird that's on the wing and is flying free He can hear the song of home endlessly

09-20-2005, 07:54 AM	#24 (permalink)
Dan Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,753	I will not do anything for someone today that they can and need to do for themselves. Bikewench

09-21-2005, 06:43 PM	#25 (permalink)
Dan Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,753	Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment. Author unknown.

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