" QUOTES"
We don’t change the message of AA —
The message of AA changes us.
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DAILY
Resentment is the "number one" offender.
It destroys more alcoholics than anything else."
Alcoholics Anonymous, How It Works, pg. 64~"
Honesty
The biggest word for me in AA is "honesty."
I don’t believe this program would work for me
if I didn’t get honest with myself about everything.
Honesty is the easiest word for me to understand
because it is the exact opposite of what I’ve been doing all my life.
Experience, Strength and Hope, pp. 400-401. ~
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ABRAHAM
1.EVERYTHING else will take care of itself
All of these processes that we offer were for the sake of training your ability to focus. In other words, to show you that you have the ability of complaining or praising, of leaning negatively or in the positive.You have options and you’ve shown yourself that you have those options.
But now the emphasis we are really encouraging you… is use ANY excuse in the world that you can to get in the vortex.Don’t stand outside the vortex with your issue, determined that you are going to fix this issue so you can get in the vortex.
Instead, use *anything* and you have endless things!
That’s what the dolphins are about for you. They’re showing you:
"Look, You’re in the Vortex!!! Look, You’re in the Vortex!!! Look, We’re in the Vortex!!! This is the Vortex!!!"Use anything and everything to get into the vortex. And EVERYTHING else will take care of itself.
Phoenix 12/5/09
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Vernon Howard’s SECRETS OF LIFE
The Greatest Secret on Earth
“What is it? By contacting a Higher Power,
a man can live an entirely new life, both in the
here and now and in the there and hereafter.
There is another way to live. I assure you that this is no mere opinion of mine. There is something else beyond this ordinary life.”
(From Vernon Howard’s classic book
The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power)
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A precious and rare live recording.This is the Miles Davis Quintet at the Teatro Dell’Arte in Milano, Italy
on October 11th, 1964, with Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (bass),
Tony Williams (drums).
This is considered "the second great quintet"
that Miles assembled from 1964-68, after playing with what’s known as the "First Quintet" with John Coltrane
from 1955-58.
http://www.jazzonthetube.com/page/386.html
SEEDS FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR MIND
"In forgiving ourselves, we make the journey from guilt for what we have done (or not done) to celebration of what we have become."
Joan Borysenko
Pitying yourself will get you nowhere. Things aren’t always going to go the way you want them to, but still you must set the rules regarding how you respond to them. There is incredible beauty, in the gentle and quiet spirit, precious in God’s direction.
SweetyZee
"He who cannot rest, cannot work; He who cannot let go, cannot hold on; He who cannot find footing, cannot go forward."
Harry Emerson Fosdick
"Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment."
Benjamin Franklin
If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could be better changed in ourselves.
Carl Jung
Voices we prefer to ignore may speak words we need to hear.
Don Deal
BEAUTY
"Beauty is not caused. It is."
Emily Dickinson
So many people think that beauty is what you do to yourself; what you wear, makeup, clothes, hairstyles or expensive jewelry. Again it is so easy to get caught up in "things". Reality is not about what we wear
but who we are.The beauty that God has created comes from within. The twinkle in the eyes that says "hello". The hug that says "I love you". The gentle embrace and smile that says "I forgive you". The tear that cries "I
understand". When God said to the world, "It is good", Beauty was born. Drugs and crazy relationships only get in the way of us being what we were intended to be: beautiful for God.Today I seek to put God’s beauty in my actions, words and attitudes.
The Daily Guru
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A SCATTERING OF SEEDS
BUDDHISM
The deva said,
Who is the most dangerous thief?
What is the most precious treasure?
Who can capture the heavens and the earth?
Where is the securest treasure-trove?
The Blessed One replied,
The most dangerous thief is unwholesome thought;
the most precious treasure is virtue;
the heavens and the earth may be captured by the mind’s eye;
surpassing rebirth locates the securest treasure-trove.
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Wanda Sykes on Gay Marriage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IHdaJOZe7E&feature=related
HUMOR
Only in America
…..do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke.
Only in America
…..do banks leave vault doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.
Only in America
……do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.
Only in America
……….do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight..
Only in America
…..do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.
EVER WONDER …
Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?
Why can’t women put on mascara with their mouth closed?
Why don’t you ever see the headline ‘Psychic Wins Lottery’?
Why is ‘abbreviated’ such a long word?
Why is it that doctors call what they do ‘practice’?
Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid
made with real lemons?
Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
Why isn’t there mouse-flavored cat food?
Why didn’t Noah swat those two mosquitoes?
Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don’t they make the whole plane out of that stuff?!
Why don’t sheep shrink when it rains?
Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?