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10-12-2007, 02:11 AM
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| Taking the Light To Florida  Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: On A Codie Vacation
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| Changing Ourselves You are reading from the book Each Day a New Beginning ...there are two entirely opposite attitudes possible in facing the problems of one's life. One, to try and change the external world, the other, to try and change oneself. --Joanna Field God grant us the courage to change what we can - ourselves. How difficult it is to let go of our struggles to control and change someone else. How frequently we assume that everything would be fine if only someone else would change. All that needs to change is an attitude, our own. Taking responsibility for improving one's own life is an important step toward emotional health. Blaming another for our circumstances keeps us stuck and offers no hope for improved conditions. Personal power is as available as our decision to use it. And it is bolstered by all the strength we'll ever need. The decision to take our lives in hand will exhilarate us. The decision each day to be thoughtful, prayerful, and wholly responsible for all that we do will nourish our developing selves. Each responsible choice moves us toward our wholeness, strengthening our sense of self, our well-being. I will change only who I can today: myself. From Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women by Karen Casey © 1982, 1991 by Hazelden Foundation. |
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10-12-2007, 02:35 AM
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| Community Greeter  Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Mid-Life Express
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| Spot on Ann. |
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10-12-2007, 03:10 AM
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| Taking the Light To Florida Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: On A Codie Vacation
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| Something that helped me change "me", was the saying "If you can't change your circumstance, change your attitude." Learning to take positive action for myself rather than living as a "reaction" to everyone else, was a huge change for me and one I will never regret. Hugs |
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__________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal, there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~ | |
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10-12-2007, 08:15 AM
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| Member  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Murrieta, Ca
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| Count the number of times the word "change" (or a derivative thereof) is mentioned on page 567 "A spiritual experience" from the Big Book of AA ... |
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10-12-2007, 08:54 AM
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| Community Greeter  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: a good state of mind
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