"QUOTES"
"The ankle-biters of everyday struggles will
eat away at me unless I go to meetings and share. " anon
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DAILY
As Bill Sees It
"Perfect" Humility, p. 106
For myself, I try to seek out the truest definition of humility that I can. This will not be the perfect definition, because I shall always be imperfect.
At this writing, I would choose one like this: "Absolutely humility would consist of a state of complete freedom from myself, freedom from all the claims that my defects of character now lay so heavily upon me. Perfect humility would be a full willingness, in all times and places, to find and to do the will of God."
When I meditate upon such a vision, I need not be dismayed because I shall never attain it, nor need I swell with presumption that one of these days its virtues shall all be mine.
I only need to dwell on the vision itself, letting it grow and ever more fill my heart. This done, I can compare it with my last-taken personal
inventory. Then I get a sane and healthy idea of where I stand on the highway to humility. I see that my journey toward God has scarce begun.
As I thus get down to my right size and stature, my self-concern and importance become amusing. Grapevine, June 1961
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ABRAHAM
1.Satisfaction in life is intertwining
Yes, you are vibrational beings first and foremost. But yes, you are here in this physical body. And yes, in this physical body you are causing an
expansion of that which you are. And in the blending of the nonphysical and the physical you, the blending of the emotional you and the physical you, there is a satisfaction in life that cannot be achieved by being only nonphysical or by being only physical. In other words, an intertwining of
all that we all are is necessary for the joyful experience that you have come forth to live. Phoenix 12/5/09
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Vernon Howard’s SECRETS OF LIFE
Self-shocking produces new thinking.
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Hammond B-3 jazz organ wizard Tony Monaco began his keyboard life at age 8, on the accordion. When he was 12, his destiny as a jazz organist was sealed when he first heard Jimmy Smith
on the Hammond B-3.On his 16th birthday, he received an encouraging phone call from
Jimmy Smith, himself, who soon became his mentor and teacher.
http://www.jazzonthetube.com/page/388.html
SEEDS FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR MIND
"One of the tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon, instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today."
Dale Carnegie
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
Oprah Winfrey
Deep, abiding joy is available to anyone who learns the secret of
pursuing every task with energy and dedication, as though it were a calling.
Thomas Kinkade
The value of life lies, not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them: a man may live long, yet live very little.
Michel de Montaigne
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do not return hurt for hurt.
Jerry C. Whybrew
LAUGHTER
"You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself."
Ethel Barrymore
Today I can laugh at myself. I do not take myself too seriously and I am beginning to grow. I used to be so serious. Having the "poor me’s",
sitting on my pity pot demanding attention; I was so unhappy. And I was causing my unhappiness.
Then a friend listened to my complaints for half an hour and then began to laugh, giving out a real belly-laugh and at that point I began to laugh, too! My attitude was so stupid, selfish and futile that it
demanded a laugh to shake me out of it - at that point I began to grow.
Today I laugh at my funny little ways, my funny little walk, my ridiculous pretensions, my grandiose behavior. Today with the laughter
comes humility.
O Lord, let me experience the miracle of laughter.
The Daily Guru
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A SCATTERING OF SEEDS
BUDDHISM
The deva asked,
What is attraction?
What is repulsion?
What is the most horrible pain?
What is the greatest enjoyment?
The mind is everything.
What you think you become.
The Buddha replied,
Attraction is wholeness;
repulsion is unwholesomeness;
the most tormenting pain is bad conscience;
the height of bliss is redeemed awakening.
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Billy Connolly - Colonoscopy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBMsPNI6EZE
HUMOR
JOSE & CARLOS
Jose and Carlos are both beggars. They beg in different areas of town.
Carlos begs for the same amount of time as Jose, but only collects about eight or nine dollars a day.
Every day, Jose brings home a suitcase full of ten dollar bills. He drives a Mercedes, lives in a mortgage-free house, and has lots of cash to spend."Hey, amigo," Carlos says to Jose, "I work just as long and hard as you do,
so how come you bring home a suitcase full of ten dollar bills every day?"
Jose says, "Look at your sign, what does it say?"
Carlos’ sign reads;I have no work, a wife and six kids to support.
"What’s wrong with that?" Carlos asks him.
"No wonder you only get eight or nine dollars a day!"
Carlos says, "Alright, so what does your sign say?"Jose’s sign reads:
I only need ten dollars to get back to Mexico