"QUOTES"
"If it works, don’t fix it." anon
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DAILY
A member’s journey in recovery
By TRACIE
When i was a kid, I hated the taste of alcohol. All the kids I knew would be getting drunk and having a blast. I could not stand the taste. The best I could do was a wine cooler. The next day I would always feel like crap. I really didn’t like drinking.
It’s kind a funny how things change. As I became an active alcoholic that disgusting taste seemed to be the last thing I would have thought about. I would have been much more concerned with the alcohol content of whatever beverage I was attempting to down.
The news on Friday did a special report about a new alcoholic beverage. They call it Four Loco or “blackout in a can.” This is one of those fruity flavored drinks that contain caffeine and alcohol. Then today here I am reading a magazine and here is an article on this very drink. They’re saying that there is a huge concern because college students don’t fully understand how potent this drink really is.
Sounds good just thinking about it! A potent drink that tastes decent. Yes, I know this a probably the wrong kind of attitude, but I am voicing what is going through my head. I know this is probably wrong too, but I am curious as to what is so exciting about this specific drink. I mean I can call a bottle of vodka a blackout waiting to happen also. Hmmmm, I wonder what it has that is different. Because it has caffeine in it, a little bit of an upper, that can mask the alcohol affect. To be honest doesn’t sound so great, if I am going to drink; I am certainly going to want to feel the effects.
Thank goodness I don’t drink now! I probably would have gone out and gotten some of this “blackout in a can” just because I would want to see if it was anything special.
I can say from having some time away from alcohol though, that blackouts are not as appealing as they used to be. In fact, they were never really actually appealing, it was always the hope that this time would be different. Or maybe it was more the fact that during a drunken binder I didn’t feel too much of anything. I am not sure why I ever thought that I WOULDN’T blackout drinking almost a pint of vodka in under two minutes.
Today, drinking does not appeal like it used too. Sometimes, I long for that happy affect that was there before the actually drunken state fully unloaded itself on me. The part where my stomach would get all warm and tingly and my face would get a little flush. That part I do miss. The part where I was a little darning and everything seemed more exciting, yah, that part too.
I don’t miss the peeing in the parking lots, hiding in the closet downing shots as quickly as I could, or freaking out because there wasn’t enough alcohol to make it through Sunday. I really don’t miss the blackouts or wrecking my car……Well I am sure we don’t need to go on about this, we’ll just say that I don’t miss the part where alcohol sucked out my brain and filled my head with jelly.
So as much as I am curious about this new alcoholic beverage, I think I will pass!
I am sober today and don’t feel like drinking.
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Twenty-Four Hours A Day Dec.27, 2009
Thought For The Day
I need the A.A. principles for the development of the buried life within me, that good life, which I had misplaced, but which I found again in this fellowship.This life within me is developing slowly but surely, with many set-backs, many mistakes, many failures, but still developing. As long as I stick close to A.A., my life will go on developing, and I cannot yet know what it will be, but I know that it will be good. That’s all I want to know. It will be good. Am I thanking God for A.A.?
Meditation For The Day
Build your life on the firm foundation of true gratitude to God for all His blessings and true humility because of your unworthiness of these blessings. Build the frame of your life out of self-discipline, never let yourself get selfish or lazy or contented with yourself. Build the walls of your life out of service to others, helping others find the way to live. Build the roof of your life out of prayer and quiet times, waiting for
God’s guidance from above. Build a garden around your life out of peace of mind and serenity and a sure faith.
Prayer For The Day
I pray that I may build my life on A.A. principles. I
pray that it may be a good building when my work is finished.
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ABRAHAM
What we would do for yourself — for your next physical experience (and you can do this). . . We would begin, right now, by infusing this physical time/space reality with as much understanding of the Law of Attraction as you can, so that you add to this vortex of knowing. That makes it more likely that — as you and others participate within it — you will have easy access to this understanding that all is well. — Abraham Los Angeles, CA., January 31st,1999
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Vernon Howard’s SECRETS OF LIFE
POETRY FOR PERSONAL PROGRESS
"My constant fakery is no slice of cakery."
A Treasury of Trueness, # 1719
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Lucille Bogan - Groceries on the Shelf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePc7Jh8CG34&feature=more_related/
SEEDS FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR MIND
Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.
–Alice Meynell
It’s all too easy to blame a friend, spouse, or co-worker for the uneven quality of our lives. If only others would behave according to our plans and dictates, then all would go well, we think. What seldom is remembered or even understood
is that each of us has an individual perspective on any single event - our own.
We need to stretch our minds and hearts to understand an experience from another’s point of view. However, we need never fully understand how another perceives life. We need only to accept that another’s perspective is legitimate.
Our happiness is not dependent on the perceptions or the actions of someone else. Nor is it dependent on attention, or lack of it, from a loved one. Our occupation may be challenging and fulfilling; however, the joy we get from it depends on the attitude we carry to the job. In every way, whether in the company of others or by ourselves, we make our own happiness.My opportunity for happiness is guaranteed if I opt for it today.
The Daily Guru
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Janis Joplin - One Night Stand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc9saY_XcXY&feature=related
A SCATTERING OF SEEDS
The Arahat: The Perfected One
Those who do not accumulate and are wise regarding food, whose object is the Void, the Unconditioned Freedom — their track cannot be traced, like that of birds in the air.
The Buddha’s Path to Wisdom
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Richard Pryor
"Being Cool" on The Ed Sullivan Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf7QDXdW4N4&feature=fvw
CHUCKLE BAR
Two buddies were sharing drinks while discussing their wives. "Does your wife ever…well, you know…does she…well, let you do it doggie style?" asked one of the two.
"Well, not exactly," his friend replied, "She’s more into the trick dog aspect of it."
"Oh, I see. Kinky stuff, huh?"
"Well, not exactly. Whenever I make a move, she’s most likely to roll over and play dead.
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"QUOTES"
"GOD… Good orderly direction.
HOW…Honesty,Open-mindedness
and Willingness.anon
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DAILY
So, I am looking at 20 years sober coming up on the 21st of November. I am typing this on my husband’s laptop sitting at his bedside as he sleeps. This is day 15 in the hospital and day 11 in the ICU for him. He was diagnosed with cancer a little while back but hospitalized with an unrelated heart problem. 2 heart surgeries later, here I sit watching his blood pressure, kidneys and heart and praying he can come through this and get his body strong enough to take the chemotherapy assault. I have been unemployed since February 2008. looking for work and not finding it, I decided to do some home repair - since I wasn’t bringing in money, I did the work myself. I have continued to look for work right up until my husband’s diagnosis in September…I have spent the last 2 months taking care of him as he has slowly deteriorated..and really, I never thought I would be grateful to be unemployed, but here I am, grateful that I am unemployed so I can take care of him…..my oldest daughter came to visit in the hospital today - she asked me what I planned to do on my 20th sobriety anniversary. I told her I planned to take care of Pops. I get to take care of him. I get to be here and I get to be sober. At the end of the day, it isn’t important to me anymore that I get up in meetings and say brilliant things for the crowd. I don’t have to sponsor a bunch of women to make me feel important. It’s important that I get to be a member of my family. I get to be the primary caregiver for my husband. I get to have a relationship with my children, with my mom. I was so angry when I first went into the rooms of recovery - I didn’t know how to have relationships with anyone - not my family members or my friends. 20 years ago this month I was going to meetings chatting up the crowd outside the meeting, making up the amount of time I had, but still drinking. I had my last drink on November 20, 1990. My first day sober was November 21, 1990. I got a sponsor, I worked the steps, I made a lot of mistakes and I have made some good decisions and some bad decisions and I learned to not drink over any them. One day at a time, I can get through my husband’s illness the same I get through sobriety. I get to do this and not drink, and know I am not alone.
Elizabeth of Santa Cruz, CA
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Twenty-Four Hours A Day Dec.26
Thought For The Day
I am glad to be a part of A.A., of that great fellowship that is spreading over the United States and all over the world. I am only one of the many A.A.’s, but I am one. I am grateful to be living at this time, when I can help A.A. to grow, when it needs me to put my shoulder to the wheel and help keep the movement going. I am glad to be able to be useful, to have a reason for living, a purpose in life. I want to lose my life in this great cause and so find it again. Am I grateful to be an A.A.?
Meditation For The Day
These meditations can teach us how to relax. We can be of service to other people in a small way at least. And we can be happy while doing it. We should not worry too much about people we cannot help. We can make it a habit to leave the outcome of the things we do to the Higher Power.
We can go along through life doing the best we can, but without a feeling of urgency or strain. We can enjoy all the good things and the beauty of life, but at the same time depend deeply on God.
Prayer For The Day
I pray that I may give my life to this worthwhile cause.I pray that I may enjoy the satisfaction that comes from good work well done.
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ABRAHAM
Law of Attraction says, "That which is like unto itself is drawn." Which means vibrations are always matched. So as you experience the contrast which inspires the new idea within you, this new idea –this desire — whether it is a strong one or a soft one, is summoning unto itself proportionately. And as it summons, it is always answered. It is the basis of our Universe: When it is asked, it is always given. The confusion that humans feel is that they think they are asking with their words — or even with their action — and sometimes you are. But the Universe is not responding to your words or your action. The Universe is responding to your vibrational calling.
Abraham Cincinnati, OH. July 15th, 2000
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Vernon Howard’s SECRETS OF LIFE
"You’re being told that if you listen to all this you will see that there is one cause of your problem, one cause only. Do you know the cause of every problem that any human being has? The cause of your problem is you. Can you accept it? Remember the man, all he wanted to do is accuse? I’m going to finish with the following statement: Accusers are losers. And if you want
to win, you have to stop accusing and start receiving the intelligence that can point you in the right direction and I will guarantee you it won’t be anxious any more. That’s it."
The Conquest of Anxiety DVD # 26, Talk 3
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Joe Williams
http://www.jazzonthetube.com/page/660.html
SEEDS FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR MIND
Keep It Simple
Telling the truth is a pretty hard thing. — Thomas Wolfe.
Often, we get scared to tell the truth. We wonder, “What will happen? Will I get in trouble? Will someone be mad at me?’” These things could
happen. But good things could happen too. Sometimes we want to lie.
We don’t want anyone mad at us or unhappy with us. We want people off our back.
So we lie. And it comes back to haunt us. We must believe that the best will happen in the long run if we tell the truth. Our program tells us that we can
stay sober if we’re honest. Telling the truth takes faith. We must have faint in the program. We must be honest. Our sobriety and our life depend on it.
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help me remember that I’m doing things Your way when I tell the truth.
Action for the Day: I will think about what I say today. I will be as honest as I can be.
The Daily Guru
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Tennessee Ernie Ford
Peace In The Valley - Country Gospel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuLXRHZFAio&feature=related
A SCATTERING OF SEEDS
The Arahat: The Perfected One
The mindful ones exert themselves. They are not attached to any home; like swans that abandon the lake, they leave home after home behind.
The Buddha’s Path to Wisdom
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W.C. Fields on Drink & Immorality…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBpD_28tZJ4&feature=related
CHUCKLE BAR
A guy goes up to a girl in bar and asks, "You want to play "Magic"?"
She says, "What’s that?"
The guy answers, "We go to my house and screw, and then you disappear."
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" QUOTES"
"I’m more tired than before my alcoholism took over.I now write my diary for myself - to rest or just chill."anon
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DAILY
Sixteen relapse symptoms to watch out for:
1. Exhaustion - Allowing oneself to become overly tired; usually associated with work addiction as an excuse for not facing personal frustrations.
2. Dishonesty - Begins with pattern of little lies; escalated to self-delusion and making excuses for not doing what’s called for.
3. Impatience - I want what I want NOW. Others aren’t doing what I think they should or living the way I know is right.
4. Argumentative - No point is too small or insignificant not to be debated to the point of anger and submission.
5. Depression - All unreasonable, unaccountable despair should be exposed and discussed, not repressed: what is the "exact nature" of those feelings?
6. Frustration - Controlled anger/resentment when things don’t go according to our plans. Lack of acceptance. See #3.
7. Self-pity - Feeling victimized, put-upon, used, unappreciated: convinced we are being singled out for bad luck.
8. Cockiness - Got it made. Know all there is to know. Can go anywhere, including frequent visits just to hang-out at bars, boozy parties.
9. Complacency - Like #8, no longer sees value of daily program, meetings, contact with other alcoholics, (especially sponsor!), feels healthy, on top of the world, things are going well. Heck may even be cured!
10. Expecting too much of others - Why can’t they read my mind? I’ve changed, what’s holding them up? If they just do what I know is best for them? Leads to feeling misunderstood, unappreciated. See #6.
11. Letting up on disciplines - Allowing established habits of recovery - meditations, prayer, spiritual reading, AA contact, daily inventory, meetings - - to slip out of our routines; allowing recovery to get boring and no longer stimulating for growth. Why bother?!
12. Using mood-altering chemicals - May have a valid medical reason, but misused to help avoid the real problems of impending alcoholic relapse.
13. Wanting too much - Setting unrealistic goals: not providing for short-term successes; placing too much value on material success, not enough on value of spiritual growth.
14. Forgetting gratitude -Because of several listed above, may lose sight of the abundant blessings in our everyday lives: too focused on # 13.
15. "It can’t happen to me." - Feeling immune; forgetting what we know about the disease of alcoholism and its progressive nature.
16.Omnipotence-A combination of several attitudes listed above; leads to ignoring danger signs, disregarding warnings and advice from fellow members.
– Akron Intergroup News, December 1998
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Twenty-Four Hours A Day Dec.25
Thought For The Day
Many alcoholics will be saying today: "This is a good Christmas for me." They will be looking back over the past Christmases which were not like this one. They will be thanking God for their sobriety and their new found life. They will be thinking about how their lives have changed when they came into A.A. They will be thinking that perhaps God let them live through all the hazards of their drinking careers, when they were perhaps often close to death, in order that they may
be used by Him in the great work of A.A. Is this a happy Christmas for me?
Meditation For The Day
The kingdom of heaven is also for the lowly, the
sinners, the repentant. "And they presented unto him gifts–gold, frankincense, and myrrh." Bring your gifts of gold–your money and material possessions.Bring your frankincense–the consecration of your life to a worthy cause. Bring your myrrh–your sympathy and understanding and help. Lay them all at the feet of God and let Him have full use of them.
Prayer For The Day
I pray that I may be truly thankful on this Christmas day.I pray that I may bring my gifts and lay them on the altar.
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ABRAHAM
When you begin to understand Law of Attraction, and you understand that which is like unto itself is drawn, then it is easier and easier to understand that you are offering a signal, and the entire Universe responds. And when you finally get that, and you begin to exercise some deliberate control about the signal that you offer, then it really begins to be fun, because then you recognize that nothing happens outside of your creative control. There are no things that happen by chance or by circumstance. There is nothing that is happening because of something you vibrated a long time ago or in a past life. It is not about what you were born into. It is only about what you are, right now, in this red hot fresh moment emitting.
Abraham Seattle, WA. June 20th, 1998
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Vernon Howard’s SECRETS OF LIFE
"These are not merely religious or philosophic ideas, but practical facts which create an inward new world."
1500 Ways to Escape the Human Jungle, # 413
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Oscar Peterson - March Past Video
http://www.guitarsolos.com/videos-oscar-peterson-march-past-[A5JxwUQ-0u4].cfm
SEEDS FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR MIND
Thought for Today
"Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if
they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend
them all the care, kindness and understanding you
can muster. Your life will never be the same again."
–Og Mandino, The Greatest Miracle in the World
Buddha/Zen Thoughts
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think.When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
Buddha (563 BC - 483 BC), The Dharmapada
Native American
"Abuse and repression have no place in a traditional family."
– Haida Gwaii, Traditional Circle of Elders
Traditional families guided by their culture were taught how to live. The were taught about relationships, respect, and spirituality. Only since alcohol was introduced to Indians have we seen physical abuse, sexual abuse and verbal abuse. These behaviors have no room in traditional families. The cycle of abuse must be broken during this generation. We do this by asking for help to quit drinking and abusing and return to our traditional culture and spirituality.
Creator, plant inside of me the knowledge of the traditional family.
The Daily Guru
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Elvis Presley - always on my mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI94AsuvUUA&feature=related
A SCATTERING OF SEEDS
The Arahat: The Perfected One
The fever of passion exists not for him who has completed the journey, who is without sorrow and wholly set free, and has broken all ties.
The Buddha’s Path to Wisdom
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Boogie-Woogie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1UP2pBG8hc&feature=related
CHUCKLE BAR
A man with a wooden eye was sitting at a bar one night. He glanced across the room and noticed a very attractive woman with just one flaw, she had a very large nose. He was very self-conscious about his eye but got up the nerve to ask her for a dance.
"Would you like to dance with me?" he asked.
She replied, "Would I!" and he sneered and told her,"BIG NOSE!"
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"QUOTES"
"Chief Steward in navy wardroom concocted engineer’s special for engineers navy and army who attended mess functions during recovery he printed announcements of availability of engineer’s specials to engineers who were overcoming booze problem recipe involving orange juice diluted with 8 oz. tonic water after requesting engineer’s specials few times he filled decanter with water and coke to fill wine glasses during dinner observing tradition 11
Hot cocoa made with milk, with the addition of brown sugar and honey is an excellent bedtime relaxant. It fills the tummy, supplies the calories you used to get from alcohol. When you wake up, the mucky cup occupies your mind long enough for you to forget about booze. Have you ever had to wash a cocoa cup when it’s spent the whole night drying out? "anon
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DAILY
Keep It Simple
The best way to know God is to love many things. — Vincent Van Gogh
Now that we’re in recovery, we’re learning to love people. We’re learning to love nature.
We’re learning to love new ideas about life. The result? We love the way we feel now that we’re taking care of ourselves.
Is our Higher Power really so close? Can we really find our Higher Power just by loving many things? Yes! When we love, we wake up that part of us that is part of all creation—our spirit. We really come to life when we love!
Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, remind me that You are near when I love someone or something. The energy of love come from You.
Action for the Day: I will list three things I love that help me know my Higher Power is near me.
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Twenty-Four Hours A Day Dec.24
Thought For The Day
We have been given a new life, just because we happened to become alcoholics. We certainly don’t deserve the new life that has been given us. There is little in our past to warrant the life we have now. Many people live good lives from their youth on, not getting into serious trouble, being well adjusted to life, and yet they have not found all that we drunks have found. We had the good fortune to find Alcoholics Anonymous and with it
a new life. We are among the lucky few in the world who have learned a new way of life.
Am I deeply grateful for the new life that I have learned in A.A.?
Meditation For The Day
A deep gratitude to the Higher Power for all the blessings which we have and which we don’t deserve has come to us. We thank God and mean it. Then comes service to our fellow men, out of gratitude for what we have received. This entails some sacrifice of ourselves and our own affairs. But we are glad to do it. Gratitude, service, and then sacrifice are the steps that lead to good A.A. work. They open the door to a new life for us.
Prayer For The Day
I pray that I may gladly serve others, out of deep gratitude for what I have received. I pray that I may keep a deep sense of obligation.
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ABRAHAM
Law of Attraction abounds, and when it is said to you, "Ask, and it is given," there is no more powerful statement that is at the basis of what makes things happen than that. Now, how is it that you think you ask? With your words? The Universe doesn’t hear your words. You ask with your desire. The desire that is born out of the contrast. That desire. That wanting. That’s what summons the Life Force.
Abraham Seattle, WA.June 21st, 1998
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Vernon Howard’s SECRETS OF LIFE
"Be logical not theological."
A Treasury of Trueness, # 1711
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Frank Sinatra
http://www.jazzonthetube.com/page/662.html
SEEDS FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR MIND
Practicing Serenity
We often urge ourselves to hurry up when there’s no good reason for it. At such times, all we really do is create needless tension and anxiety.
The slogan "Easy does it" is our answer to such calls to hurry. The slogan suggests that we simply move into the rhythms of life and "go with the flow."It’s not hurrying but steady effort that finally brings achievement. We’ve had entirely too much hurry and impatience - what we really need is confident, persistent effort in the right direction. We should be specially reminded of this when we see anxious, impatient people speeding through traffic only to be forced to wait at traffic lights, risking life and limb to save a few seconds. A
good steady pace is what we need, and it will win the game.I’ll be active today, but not overactive. I’ll look for rhythm and efficiency in everything I do.
You are reading from the book:
Walk in Dry Places by Mel B.
The Daily Guru
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Shania Twain - Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain 1993
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Y1eT_w4ac&feature=related
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A SCATTERING OF SEEDS
The Wise Man
Those whose minds have reached full excellence in the factors of enlightenment, who, having renounced acquisitiveness, rejoice in not clinging to things — rid of cankers, glowing with wisdom, they have attained Nirvana in this very life. The Buddha’s Path to Wisdom
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Phyllis Diller roasts Ronald Reagan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF30wZpift0&NR=1
CHUCKLE BAR
A guy travelling through the prairies of the USA stopped at a small town and went to a bar. He stood at the end of the bar, ordered a drink, and lit up a cigar. As he sipped his drink, he stood there quietly blowing smoke rings.
After he blew nine or ten smoke rings into the air, an angry American Indian stomped up to him and said, "One more remark like that and I’ll smash your face in!"
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"QUOTES"
"My worst bugbear was buying a bottle of wine, and sitting here on my own, bored and lonely, finishing it off (sometimes stumbling out for more before the shop shut).A trick I find very useful is to buy, instead, a big bottle of sparkling spring water, in as nice a bottle as I can afford that day,
and mix it half-and-half with a litre of fruit juice.
Diluting the juice like this, with fizzy water, cuts out the sweetness and brings it to life."anon
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DAILY
VITAL SUSTENANCE
Those of us who have come to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than we would refuse air, food, or sunshine. And for the same reason. When we refuse air, light, or food, the body suffers. And when we turn away from meditation and prayer, we likewise deprive our minds, our emotions, and our intuitions of vitally needed support.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 97
Step Eleven doesn’t have to overwhelm me. Conscious contact with God can be as simple, and as profound, as conscious contact with another human being. I can smile. I can listen. I can forgive. Every encounter with another is an opportunity for prayer, for acknowledging God’s presence within me.
Today I can bring myself a little closer to my Higher Power. The more I choose to seek the beauty of God’s work in other people, the more certain of His presence I will become.
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Twenty-Four Hours a Day Dec.23
Thought for the Day
We have definitely left that dream world behind. It was only a sham. It was a world of our making and it was not the real world. We are sorry for the past, yes, but we learned a lot from it. We can put it down to experience, valuable experience, as we see it now, because it has given us the knowledge necessary to face the world as it really is. We had to become alcoholics in order to find the A.A. program. We would not have got it any other way. In a way, it was worth it. Do I look at my past as valuable experience?
Meditation for the Day
Shed peace, not discord, wherever you go. Try to be part of the cure of every situation, not part of the problem. Try to ignore evil, rather than to actively combat it. Always try to build up, never to tear down. Show others by your example that happiness comes from living the right way. The power of your example is greater than the power of what you say.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may try to bring something good into every situation today. I pray that I may be constructive in the way I think and speak and act today.
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ABRAHAM
Think of this random Universe where everything is possible. The organizational skills belong to Law of Attraction. If you will relax and allow Law of Attraction to do the organization, the managing, then you can spend your time doing the things that please you.
Abraham Cincinnati, OH.September 21st, 2002
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Vernon Howard’s SECRETS OF LIFE
"Boldly close the door of the past behind you."
Cosmic Command, # 329
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Here’s another one from Alex Hill, one of only two
piano solo recordings that he made in his life.
http://www.20sjazz.com/page/725.html
SEEDS FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR MIND
I haven’t won yet but I haven’t lost, either.
–Dennis C.
A favorite saying in sports is, "It isn’t losing to get knocked down. Losing is staying down."
In life, as in sports, that idea makes great sense. Like "Let go and let God," or "Let it begin with me," it is a saying that reminds us of an important underlying principle. In this case the principle is that battles aren’t wars, but rather a series of campaigns. No one wins every time out, or can expect to. And some battles aren’t worth fighting anyway.Fighting a battle isn’t hell – our unrealistic expectations are.When we strike out against some old attitude or behavior, we have to realize we’re in for the long haul. When the enemy is some aspect of ourselves, we are up against a formidable opponent that won’t give up easily. We have to expect that there will be many battles – and not a few defeats. The winner is the one who perseveres longest.
Only continued effort wins the war; we can’t lose if we don’t quit.
Today, I pray for persistence in the face of many defeats. I ask my Higher Power for courage to keep at it.
The Daily Guru
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Only High Heels For Lady Gaga - Friday Night with Jonathan Ross - S18 Ep8 Highlight - BBC One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cot4wQjYdt0&feature=channel/
A SCATTERING OF SEEDS
The Wise Man
Abandoning the dark way, let the wise man cultivate the bright path. Having gone from home to homelessness, let him yearn for that delight in detachment, so difficult to enjoy.Giving up sensual pleasures, with no attachment, let the wise man cleanse himself of defilements of the mind.
The Buddha’s Path to Wisdom
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Congress Announces Plan To Hide Nation’s Porn From Future Generations
http://www.theonion.com/video/congress-announces-plan-to-hide-nations-porn-from,17243/
CHUCKLE BAR
A pony walks into a bar and says "Bartender, may I have a drink?"
Bartender says "What? I can’t hear you. Speak up!"
"May I please have a drink?"
"What? You have to speak up!"
"Could I please have a drink?"
"Now listen, if you don’t speak up I will not serve you."
"I’m sorry, I’m just a little hoarse."
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