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**Ann** · 02-26-2006, 03:08 AM

You are reading from the book Touchstones.

I have never for one instant seen clearly within myself. How then would you have me judge the deeds of others?
--Maurice Maeterlinck

We have been given the job of getting to know ourselves and dealing with our own craziness. We aren't so good at it that we have spare time and energy left to make judgments about those around us. We are tempted to become absorbed in their behavior and choices, and it does feel like a welcome distraction from anxieties about ourselves. So we must learn to detach from the family members and friends that we are tempted to fix, or monitor, or judge.

Although we are very close, we are on separate paths in life. We were not born together, and we will not die together. We will make our family or our friendships and the world a little bit better by staying centered on our own sanity.

I pray for a clear separation between what is on my path in this program and what is on someone else's path. Then we can make good bridges between us.

equus · 02-26-2006, 06:37 AM

Quote:

I have never for one instant seen clearly within myself. How then would you have me judge the deeds of others?
--Maurice Maeterlinck

I think that should be written on the inside of every toilet door!!

**Ann** · 02-26-2006, 07:22 AM

LOL, Equus, you sure do your reading in some strange places.

equus · 02-26-2006, 07:30 AM

Regular like, though!!

**Ann** · 02-26-2006, 07:36 AM

nutz · 02-26-2006, 02:02 PM

Oki doki....
Vermmmm...vermm...I have a Z28 this entire time and never
drove it. That's crazy !!!!.lol
She slashed me tires,but all it took was an hour to repair it.

It funni as heck too.
She keeps calling that I've forgot or left my COMFORTER behind.lmaf

02-26-2006, 03:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
Ann Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake Posts: 15,155	Separate Paths You are reading from the book Touchstones. I have never for one instant seen clearly within myself. How then would you have me judge the deeds of others? --Maurice Maeterlinck We have been given the job of getting to know ourselves and dealing with our own craziness. We aren't so good at it that we have spare time and energy left to make judgments about those around us. We are tempted to become absorbed in their behavior and choices, and it does feel like a welcome distraction from anxieties about ourselves. So we must learn to detach from the family members and friends that we are tempted to fix, or monitor, or judge. Although we are very close, we are on separate paths in life. We were not born together, and we will not die together. We will make our family or our friendships and the world a little bit better by staying centered on our own sanity. I pray for a clear separation between what is on my path in this program and what is on someone else's path. Then we can make good bridges between us. __________________ 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~

02-26-2006, 07:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
Ann Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake Posts: 15,155	LOL, Equus, you sure do your reading in some strange places. __________________ 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~

02-26-2006, 07:36 AM	#5 (permalink)
Ann Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake Posts: 15,155	__________________ 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~

02-26-2006, 02:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
nutz doing the inside job Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: planet happy Posts: 545	Oki doki.... Vermmmm...vermm...I have a Z28 this entire time and never drove it. That's crazy !!!!.lol She slashed me tires,but all it took was an hour to repair it. It funni as heck too. She keeps calling that I've forgot or left my COMFORTER behind.lmaf __________________ practice, practice, practice What had been the source of devastation became the seed of a new me.

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02-26-2006, 07:30 AM	#4 (permalink)
equus Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: uk Posts: 3,056	Regular like, though!!

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