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Its_me_jen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Salina, Ks
Posts: 8,547
All the Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas
Layin' in the sun,
Talkin' bout the things
They woulda-coulda-shoulda done...
But those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas
All ran away and hid
From one little did.
--Shel Silverstein
Layin' in the sun,
Talkin' bout the things
They woulda-coulda-shoulda done...
But those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas
All ran away and hid
From one little did.
--Shel Silverstein
~sb
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: MD
Posts: 15,967
Originally Posted by Sapling 
This wasn't in the first edition of the Big Book of AA. It came out in the 3rd edition. Pg 449...Pg 417 in the 4th edition. Little more than a quote...But so much truth.
And acceptance is the answer to all my problems
today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some
person, place, thing, or situation—some fact of my life
—unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until
I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being
exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens in God’s world
by mistake.
And acceptance is the answer to all my problems
today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some
person, place, thing, or situation—some fact of my life
—unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until
I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being
exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens in God’s world
by mistake.
Thanks for sharing this! Paul not only admitted and accepted his alcoholism and addiction to drugs, but he also had to approve it!
"Never think life is worthless, for what lies in the future, no one knows for sure."
Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Out west
Posts: 191
Steve Jobs quote - powerful stuff!
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“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
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“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: California
Posts: 29
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant
of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been
all of these. ~ George Washington Carver
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant
of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been
all of these. ~ George Washington Carver
Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Hyrum
Posts: 4
In nearly ten years in programs, I thought I had heard them all. Then this week I heard one which I swear I've never heard before, and it got me back to my first meeting in nearly 4 years!
"You can save face, or you can save your butt; you can't save both, but you sure can lose both."
"You can save face, or you can save your butt; you can't save both, but you sure can lose both."
Member
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Between Meetings
Posts: 8,997
More than most people I think alcoholics want to know who they are, what life is all about, whether they have a devine origin and an appointed destiny, live in a system of cosmic justice and love.
Bill W.
Bill W.
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