Mello Ron

"QUOTES"

"The alcoholic is in no greater peril than
when he takes sobriety for granted."anon
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DAILY
As Bill Sees It
Toward Honesty, p. 17
The perverse wish to hide a bad motive underneath a good one permeates human affairs from top to bottom. This subtle and elusive kind of selfish-righteousness can underlie the smallest act or thought.
Learning daily to spot, admit, and correct these flaws is the essence of character-building and good living.
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The deception of others is nearly always rooted in the deception of ourselves.
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Somehow, being alone with God doesn’t seem as embarrassing as facing up to another person. Until we actually sit down and talk aloud \about what we have so long hidden, our willingness to clean house is
still largely theoretical. When we are honest with another person, it confirms that we have been honest with ourselves and with God.
1. 12 & 12, pp. 94-95 2. Grapevine, August 1961 3. 12 & 12, p. 60

Jess the Mess
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U30UaiYyujc
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SEEDS FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR MIND #1

GLUTTONY
"Gluttony is not a secret vice."
– Orson Welles

The Daily Guru
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ABRAHAM

1. The Law of Attraction expands my every thought

The Law of Attraction says that that which is like unto itself, is drawn. In other words,

that which you think, in any moment,
attracts unto itself other thoughts that are like it.
That is why whenever you are thinking about
a subject that is not pleasant, more unpleasant thoughts
regarding that subject are quickly drawn.
You find yourself, in very short order,
not only experiencing what you are
experiencing in this moment, but reaching into
your past for more data that matches that vibration—
and now, by the Law of Attraction, as your negative
thought expands proportionately,
so does your negative emotion.
Soon you find yourself discussing the
unpleasant subject with others, and
now they add to it, often reaching into
their past . . . until, in a very
short period of time, most of you,
upon any subject that you ponder very
long, attract enough supporting data
that it does bring forth the essence of
the subject of the thought into your experience.

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Vernon Howard’s SECRETS OF LIFE

Start All Over
    “There are certain prayers that receive an instant answer of ‘yes.’
Here is one of them: ‘As usual, I have been hasty and foolish. May I please start all over again?’”
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SEEDS FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR MIND

How do you play your roles?
"What concerns me is not the way things are,
but rather the way people think things are."
– Epicetus

The Daily Guru is
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A SCATTERING OF SEEDS

BUDDHA QUOTES
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
Buddha
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HUMOR

PONDERISMS
If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares,
why is there a song about him? "

Do you ever wonder why you gave me your email address?

"QUOTES"

"When we try to control our drinking,
we have already lost control. "anon
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DAILY

"If there be divorce or separation, there should be no
undue haste for the couple to get together.
The man should be sure of his recovery. 
The wife should fully understand his new way of life. 
If their old relationship is to be resumed it must
be on a better basis, since the former did not work.
This means a new attitude and spirit all around.
Sometimes it is to the best interests of all concerned
that a couple remain apart.  Obviously, no rule can be laid down. 
Let the alcoholic continue his program day by day. 
When the time for living together has come, it will be apparent to both parties."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition,
Working With Others, Page 99~
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I did not know that it is physically impossible for me to drink moderately.
I did not know that my body’s drinking machinery had worn out, and that the parts could not be replaced.  I did not know that just one  drink made it impossible to control my behavior and conduct and my future drinking.  I did not know, in short,  that I was powerless over alcohol.
  My family and friends sensed or knew these things about me long before I did.
~Reprinted from Experience, Strength and Hope, Page 153,
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ABRAHAM

1.All the days of your experience.

You have an Inner Being within you that
has been walking with you all the days of
your experience who is aware of all that
you want and all that you are.
We are wanting you to find a real connection
with that which you are –with your broader
Non-physical counterpart–with your
God-force–with All That Is–with your
Higher Self –with your Soul or Inner being,
or whatever label you are wanting to assign it,
so that you can be and do and have that
which you have come forth to be,to do,and have.
Abraham-Hicks Daily Planning Calendar
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Vernon Howard’s SECRETS OF LIFE

Q: Why can’t I get help from friends?
A: Why can’t a carrot get help from rabbits?
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SEEDS FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR MIND

Remember…
"Never forget what you need to remember."
– Garrett Bartley

BUDDHA QUOTES

The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.
Buddha
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Why Atheists Should Not Support Alcoholics Anonymous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUB65tjj2js&feature=related

HUMOR

PONDERISMS

Life is sexually transmitted.

Who was the first person to look at a cow and say,
"I think I’ll squeeze these dangly things here,
and drink whatever comes out?"

Who was the first person to say,
"See that chicken there?

I’m gonna eat the next thing that comes outta its butt.

"QUOTES"

"Our silence can keep us isolated."anon
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DAILY"

"The very practical approach to his problems,
the absence of intolerance of any kind, the informality,
the genuine democracy, the uncanny understanding
which these people had were irresistible."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, A Vision For You, Page 160~
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Simplicity
Repeated experiences have forced us to this logically
inescapable conclusion: If we do not take the first drink,
we never get drunk.  Therefore, instead of planning
never to get drunk, or trying to limit the number of drinks
or the amount of alcohol, we have learned to concentrate
on avoiding only one drink: the first one.  In effect,
instead of worrying about limiting the number of drinks
at the end of a drinking episode, we avoid the
one drink that starts it. 
Sounds almost foolishly simplistic, doesn’t it?
Living Sober, Page 5, A.A. World Services, Inc.~
DRUNKIN’ BRAWL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp-NNeGcmZU
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ABRAHAM

1.Being SELFishly oriented ….
Hypothetically, people worry about everyone
being selfishly oriented.
"If everyone did exactly what they want to do,
what kind of world would this be?"
And we say, a really, really good one.
Because if everyone did what they wanted to do,
everyone would feel free. And if you feel free,
you feel empowered.
And every negative emotion that exists—hear this—
every negative emotion that exists is because there
is some sense of loss of freedom somewhere in there.
Syracuse, NY, 9.29.2004
2.You.
You are never, ever, ever alone.
You are always embraced.
You are always understood.
You are always adored.
Fort Collins, 6/14/03
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Vernon Howard’s SECRETS OF LIFE

"TRUE GOOD - a series - # 2
People say they want to know what is truly good for them.
It is good to say, ‘I want to know where I am making a fundamental
mistake in living my life.’"
Esoteric Encyclopedia of Eternal Knowledge, p. 211
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SEEDS FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR MIND

I came to understand that it was all right to do things for people as long as I did it for the sake of doing it… the value being more in the act than in the result.
Joanna Field
CREATIVITY
"Creative intelligence in its
various forms and activities is
what makes man."
– James Harvey Robinson
The Daily Guru
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ASCATTERING OF SEEDS

BUDDHA QUOTES
The whole secret of existence is to
have no fear. Never fear what will
become of you, depend on no one.
Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.
Buddha
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HUMOR

A Cowboy sitting in a saloon one Saturday night,
he recognized an elderly man standing at the bar
who, in his day, had the reputation of being the
fastest gun in the West.
The young cowboy took a place next to the old-timer,
bought him a drink and told him the story of his great ambition.
‘Do you think you could give me some tips?’ he asked.
The old man looked him up and down and said,
‘Well, for one thing, you’re wearing your gun too high. 
Tie the holster a little lower down on your leg.’
‘Will that make me a better gunfighter?’
asked the young man.
‘Sure will,’ replied the old-timer.
The young man did as he was told, stood up,
whipped out his 44 and shot the bowtie off the piano player.
‘That’s terrific!’ said the hot shot. 
‘Got any more tips for me ?’
‘Yep,’ said the old man.  ‘Cut a notch out of your holster
where the hammer hits it. 
That’ll give you a smoother draw’
‘Will that make me a better gunfighter?’
asked the younger man.
‘You bet it will,’ said the old-timer.
The young man took out his knife,
cut the notch, stood up, drew his gun in a blur,
and then shot a cufflink off the piano player.
‘Wow!’ exclaimed the cowboy ‘I’m learnin’ somethin’ here. 
Got any more tips?’
The old man pointed to a large can in a corner of the saloon.
  ‘See that axle grease over there?  Coat your gun with it.’
The young man went over to the can and smeared some
of the grease on the barrel of his gun.
‘No,’ said the old-timer,
‘I mean smear it all over the gun, handle and all.’
‘Will that make me a better gunfighter?’ asked the young man.
‘No,’ said the old-timer, ‘but when Wyatt Earp gets done
playing the piano, he’s gonna shove that gun up your ass,
and it won’t hurt as much….’