Every Day is a Blessing (August) - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

Debbie · 08-01-2003, 04:07 AM

August 1

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your
heart and learn to love the questions themselves,
like locked rooms and like books that
are written in a very strange language.

~~ Rainer Maria Rilke

2stop · 08-01-2003, 07:06 AM

That is so good, and so true!!

Debbie · 08-02-2003, 03:51 AM

August 2

And now, may kindly Columba guide you
To be an isle in the sea,
To be a hill on the shore,
To be a star in the night,
To be a staff for the weak.

~~ Traditonal Celtic Prayer

Debbie · 08-02-2003, 09:27 PM

August 3

A man should not breed a savage dog,
nor place a shaking ladder in his house.

~~ Jewish Proverb

Debbie · 08-04-2003, 04:11 AM

It is a funny thing about life:
If you refuse to accept anything but
the best you very often get it.

~~ Somerset Maugham

2stop · 08-04-2003, 09:04 AM

Those were good! Hey..I love those smilies in your signature!!!~

Debbie · 08-04-2003, 04:42 PM

They remind me of M & M's.....pastel colors

2stop · 08-04-2003, 04:45 PM

Now that you mention it..they DO look like M&M's..now I want chocolate.....:p

Debbie · 08-04-2003, 04:46 PM

August 5

Do not tell tales about either friends or enemies.
Unless silence make you an accomplice, never betray a
secret. Have you heard a rumor? Let it die with you.
Never fear, it will not make you burst.

A fool with a secret goes through agony like a woman
in childbirth.

~~ Wisdom of Ben Sira
(Sacred Book of Judaism)

Debbie · 08-04-2003, 04:47 PM

I have death by chocolate ice cream.....now I want to eat it now that you mentioned chocolate.....sigh.

2stop · 08-04-2003, 04:48 PM

Debbie · 08-06-2003, 07:44 PM

August 6

A pious nun made a beautiful golden statue of Buddha which
she kept with her on all her journeys. After many years, she
came to live in a small country temple where there were
numerous altars, each with its own statue of Buddha.

The nun desired to worship only before her golden Buddha,
so when she lit incense, she fashioned a funnel to direct the
smoke to it - not to any of the others. In just a short time,
the face of the golden Buddha became black and ugly.

~~ Traditional Zen Buddhist Story

2stop · 08-06-2003, 07:55 PM

I liked that story!!~

Debbie · 08-06-2003, 08:02 PM

I almost forgot to post it! Busy busy and my mind has not been all it should be

Debbie · 08-07-2003, 03:56 AM

August 7

Out beyond fields of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I will meet you there.

~~ Rumi

2stop · 08-07-2003, 06:30 AM

That one sounds like a good challenge!~

Debbie · 08-09-2003, 04:06 AM

August 8

Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success.

~~ Vanessa Redgrave

Debbie · 08-09-2003, 04:08 AM

August 9

A poor and troubled man game to Kotzk to see his rabbi and ask his help. "Do not worry," the rabbi told him. "Pray with all your heart and surely God will hear and be merciful to you."

The man said, "But Rabbi, I do not know how to pray." The rabbi's heart filled with pity. "In that case," he said, "you really do have a lot to worry about."

~~Traditional Chassidic Jewish Story

2stop · 08-09-2003, 06:32 AM

LOL!~

That was good....

Debbie · 08-12-2003, 04:35 AM

God fits the back to the burden.

~~ Scottish Proverb

Debbie · 08-12-2003, 04:38 AM

August 11

Be a garderner, dig a ditch, toil and sweat, and
turn the earth upside down and seek the deepness
and water the plants in time. Continue this labor
and make sweet floods to run and noble and
abundant fruits to spring. Take this food and
drink and carry to it to God as your true worship.

~~ Julian of Norwich

Debbie · 08-12-2003, 04:40 AM

August 12

I would rather be ashes than dust, I would rather that
my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it
should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb
meteor, every atom in me in magnificent glow, than a
sleepy and permanent planet.

~~ Jack London

2stop · 08-12-2003, 07:27 AM

Those were good!!~

Debbie · 08-14-2003, 05:00 AM

August 13

The perfect man is a spirtual being. Were the ocean itself
scorched up, he would not be hot. Were the Milky Way
frozen hard, he would not feel cold. Were the mountains to
be shaken by thunder, and the great deep to be tossed up by
storm, he would not tremble in such case; he would mount
upon the clouds of heaven and, driving the sun and the
moon before him, pass beyond the limits of this world,
where death and life hold no more power over man.

~~ Chuang-tzu

2stop · 08-14-2003, 06:33 AM

I really liked that one!!~

08-01-2003, 04:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
Debbie I used to work here ;) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in Trevose, PA & collect Barbies :) Posts: 2,015	Every Day is a Blessing (August) August 1 Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and learn to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very strange language. ~~ Rainer Maria Rilke

08-01-2003, 07:06 AM	#2 (permalink)
2stop ~Author of My Life~ Join Date: May 2003 Location: Doing what I thought I couldn't.... Posts: 4,669	That is so good, and so true!! __________________ Many Hugs and Hope too, Tammie "Think of all the beauty still left around you and BE HAPPY." ~Anne Frank~ "Things do not change, WE change." ~Henry David Thoreau~

08-04-2003, 09:04 AM	#6 (permalink)
2stop ~Author of My Life~ Join Date: May 2003 Location: Doing what I thought I couldn't.... Posts: 4,669	Those were good! Hey..I love those smilies in your signature!!!~ __________________ Many Hugs and Hope too, Tammie "Think of all the beauty still left around you and BE HAPPY." ~Anne Frank~ "Things do not change, WE change." ~Henry David Thoreau~

08-04-2003, 04:45 PM	#8 (permalink)
2stop ~Author of My Life~ Join Date: May 2003 Location: Doing what I thought I couldn't.... Posts: 4,669	Now that you mention it..they DO look like M&M's..now I want chocolate.....:p __________________ Many Hugs and Hope too, Tammie "Think of all the beauty still left around you and BE HAPPY." ~Anne Frank~ "Things do not change, WE change." ~Henry David Thoreau~

08-04-2003, 04:48 PM	#11 (permalink)
2stop ~Author of My Life~ Join Date: May 2003 Location: Doing what I thought I couldn't.... Posts: 4,669	__________________ Many Hugs and Hope too, Tammie "Think of all the beauty still left around you and BE HAPPY." ~Anne Frank~ "Things do not change, WE change." ~Henry David Thoreau~

08-02-2003, 03:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
Debbie I used to work here ;) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in Trevose, PA & collect Barbies :) Posts: 2,015	August 2 And now, may kindly Columba guide you To be an isle in the sea, To be a hill on the shore, To be a star in the night, To be a staff for the weak. ~~ Traditonal Celtic Prayer

08-02-2003, 09:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
Debbie I used to work here ;) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in Trevose, PA & collect Barbies :) Posts: 2,015	August 3 A man should not breed a savage dog, nor place a shaking ladder in his house. ~~ Jewish Proverb

08-04-2003, 04:11 AM	#5 (permalink)
Debbie I used to work here ;) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in Trevose, PA & collect Barbies :) Posts: 2,015	It is a funny thing about life: If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it. ~~ Somerset Maugham

08-04-2003, 04:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
Debbie I used to work here ;) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in Trevose, PA & collect Barbies :) Posts: 2,015	They remind me of M & M's.....pastel colors

08-04-2003, 04:46 PM	#9 (permalink)
Debbie I used to work here ;) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in Trevose, PA & collect Barbies :) Posts: 2,015	August 5 Do not tell tales about either friends or enemies. Unless silence make you an accomplice, never betray a secret. Have you heard a rumor? Let it die with you. Never fear, it will not make you burst. A fool with a secret goes through agony like a woman in childbirth. ~~ Wisdom of Ben Sira (Sacred Book of Judaism)

08-04-2003, 04:47 PM	#10 (permalink)
Debbie I used to work here ;) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in Trevose, PA & collect Barbies :) Posts: 2,015	I have death by chocolate ice cream.....now I want to eat it now that you mentioned chocolate.....sigh.

08-06-2003, 07:44 PM	#12 (permalink)
Debbie I used to work here ;) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in Trevose, PA & collect Barbies :) Posts: 2,015	August 6 A pious nun made a beautiful golden statue of Buddha which she kept with her on all her journeys. After many years, she came to live in a small country temple where there were numerous altars, each with its own statue of Buddha. The nun desired to worship only before her golden Buddha, so when she lit incense, she fashioned a funnel to direct the smoke to it - not to any of the others. In just a short time, the face of the golden Buddha became black and ugly. ~~ Traditional Zen Buddhist Story

08-06-2003, 07:55 PM	#13 (permalink)
2stop ~Author of My Life~ Join Date: May 2003 Location: Doing what I thought I couldn't.... Posts: 4,669	I liked that story!!~ __________________ Many Hugs and Hope too, Tammie "Think of all the beauty still left around you and BE HAPPY." ~Anne Frank~ "Things do not change, WE change." ~Henry David Thoreau~

08-06-2003, 08:02 PM	#14 (permalink)
Debbie I used to work here ;) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in Trevose, PA & collect Barbies :) Posts: 2,015	I almost forgot to post it! Busy busy and my mind has not been all it should be

08-07-2003, 03:56 AM	#15 (permalink)
Debbie I used to work here ;) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in Trevose, PA & collect Barbies :) Posts: 2,015	August 7 Out beyond fields of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there. ~~ Rumi

08-07-2003, 06:30 AM	#16 (permalink)
2stop ~Author of My Life~ Join Date: May 2003 Location: Doing what I thought I couldn't.... Posts: 4,669	That one sounds like a good challenge!~ __________________ Many Hugs and Hope too, Tammie "Think of all the beauty still left around you and BE HAPPY." ~Anne Frank~ "Things do not change, WE change." ~Henry David Thoreau~

08-09-2003, 04:06 AM	#17 (permalink)
Debbie I used to work here ;) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in Trevose, PA & collect Barbies :) Posts: 2,015	August 8 Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success. ~~ Vanessa Redgrave

08-09-2003, 04:08 AM	#18 (permalink)
Debbie I used to work here ;) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in Trevose, PA & collect Barbies :) Posts: 2,015	August 9 A poor and troubled man game to Kotzk to see his rabbi and ask his help. "Do not worry," the rabbi told him. "Pray with all your heart and surely God will hear and be merciful to you." The man said, "But Rabbi, I do not know how to pray." The rabbi's heart filled with pity. "In that case," he said, "you really do have a lot to worry about." ~~Traditional Chassidic Jewish Story

08-09-2003, 06:32 AM	#19 (permalink)
2stop ~Author of My Life~ Join Date: May 2003 Location: Doing what I thought I couldn't.... Posts: 4,669	LOL!~ That was good.... __________________ Many Hugs and Hope too, Tammie "Think of all the beauty still left around you and BE HAPPY." ~Anne Frank~ "Things do not change, WE change." ~Henry David Thoreau~

08-12-2003, 04:35 AM	#20 (permalink)
Debbie I used to work here ;) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in Trevose, PA & collect Barbies :) Posts: 2,015	God fits the back to the burden. ~~ Scottish Proverb

08-12-2003, 04:38 AM	#21 (permalink)
Debbie I used to work here ;) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in Trevose, PA & collect Barbies :) Posts: 2,015	August 11 Be a garderner, dig a ditch, toil and sweat, and turn the earth upside down and seek the deepness and water the plants in time. Continue this labor and make sweet floods to run and noble and abundant fruits to spring. Take this food and drink and carry to it to God as your true worship. ~~ Julian of Norwich

08-12-2003, 04:40 AM	#22 (permalink)
Debbie I used to work here ;) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in Trevose, PA & collect Barbies :) Posts: 2,015	August 12 I would rather be ashes than dust, I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom in me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. ~~ Jack London

08-12-2003, 07:27 AM	#23 (permalink)
2stop ~Author of My Life~ Join Date: May 2003 Location: Doing what I thought I couldn't.... Posts: 4,669	Those were good!!~ __________________ Many Hugs and Hope too, Tammie "Think of all the beauty still left around you and BE HAPPY." ~Anne Frank~ "Things do not change, WE change." ~Henry David Thoreau~

08-14-2003, 05:00 AM	#24 (permalink)
Debbie I used to work here ;) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in Trevose, PA & collect Barbies :) Posts: 2,015	August 13 The perfect man is a spirtual being. Were the ocean itself scorched up, he would not be hot. Were the Milky Way frozen hard, he would not feel cold. Were the mountains to be shaken by thunder, and the great deep to be tossed up by storm, he would not tremble in such case; he would mount upon the clouds of heaven and, driving the sun and the moon before him, pass beyond the limits of this world, where death and life hold no more power over man. ~~ Chuang-tzu

08-14-2003, 06:33 AM	#25 (permalink)
2stop ~Author of My Life~ Join Date: May 2003 Location: Doing what I thought I couldn't.... Posts: 4,669	I really liked that one!!~ __________________ Many Hugs and Hope too, Tammie "Think of all the beauty still left around you and BE HAPPY." ~Anne Frank~ "Things do not change, WE change." ~Henry David Thoreau~

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