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Daily Thought 5/29/12 – Hope

“When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God.” -Charles L. Allen   “Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark.” -George Iles   “Those who wish to sing always find a song.” -Swedish Proverb

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Daily Thought 5/26/12 – Thinking

“I think and think and think, I‘ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.” ― Jonathan Safran Foer “We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking.” ― Santosh Kalwar “Stop thinking, and end your problems.” ― Lao Tzu

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Daily Thought 5/25/12 – Relax

“Smile, breathe, and go slowly.” -Thich Nhat Hanh   “To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.” -Jane Austen   “For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.” -Lily Tomlin

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Daily Thought 5/24/12 – New Beginnings

“There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth…not going all the way, and not starting.” -Shakyamuni Buddha   “What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” -T.S. Elliot   “What the caterpillar calls [...]

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Daily Thought 3/29/12 – Faith

“If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time.  And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.” -Mohandas Ghandi   “Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” -Mother Teresa    “Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that [...]

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Daily Thought 3/28/12 – Ancient Love

“When I am with you, we stay up all night. When you’re not here, I can’t go to sleep. Praise God for those two insomnias! And the difference between them.” -Rumi   “One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away [...]

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Daily Thought 3/27/12 – Family Ties

“Parents are like God because you wanna know they’re out there, and you want them to think well of you, but you really only call when you need something.” -Chuck Palahniuk    “You don’t choose your family.  They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.” -Desmond Tutu   “Having a place to [...]

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Daily Thought 3/26/12 – Patience, Grasshopper

-Lao Tzu   “Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”  -Aristotle   “Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Big Book Quote of the Day 3/15/12 – p. 76

“If we still cling to something we will not let go, we ask God to help us be willing.”

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Daily Thought 3/24/12 – Common Courtesy

“No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.” -Bryant H. McGill   “No one is too big to be courteous, but some are too little.” -Unknown   “Hear much and say little.” -Irish Proverb

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Daily Mindfulness 5/23/13 – Aversion

When we experience pain, suffering, or an emotion we label as negative, it is often our instinct to avert. We [...]

Big Book Quote of the Day 5/23/13 – p. 97 (Working with Others)

“Helping others is the foundation stone of your recovery.”

Daily Thought 5/23/13 – Simple Self

“Enlightenment means waking up to what you truly are and then being that.” -Adyashanti   “Be as simple as you [...]

Daily Thought 5/22/13 – Boundaries

“No” is a complete sentence.” -Anne Lamott   “Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying [...]

Daily Mindfulness 5/22/13 – True Speech

In regards to Right Speech, most of us have a lot of work to do.  We use vulgar language, exaggerate, [...]

Big Book Quote of the Day 5/22/13 – p. 561 (Appendix I)

“We alcoholics see that we must work together and hang together, else most of us will finally die alone.”