Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-28-2017, 06:14 AM
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February 28
God creates. People rearrange. ...
February 28
God creates. People rearrange.
--Joseph Casey
Being alive is our invitation to act in fresh, inventive ways. All it takes is concentrating on our inner vision in combination with...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-27-2017, 07:21 AM
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February 27
Next year I'm going to be better...
February 27
Next year I'm going to be better than I am now, but today I'm the best I can be.
It is quite possible to waste a lot of time and energy trying to make impossible changes. Many of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-26-2017, 05:19 AM
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February 26
Life is like a library owned by...
February 26
Life is like a library owned by an author. In it are a few books, which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.
--Harry Emerson Fosdick
In our minds there are...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-25-2017, 08:18 AM
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February 25
Nothing happens to any man that...
February 25
Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.
--Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Reflecting on the past reveals that indeed we do find the strength and the ability...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-24-2017, 06:12 AM
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February 24
Unless our desire for human...
February 24
Unless our desire for human compassion is stronger than our desire to be right, to be secure or to belong, love will elude us.
--Marsha Sinetar
Knowing we are loved is what most of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-23-2017, 07:18 AM
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February 23
I haven't won yet but I haven't...
February 23
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,...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-22-2017, 05:37 AM
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February 22
All the arts we practice are...
February 22
All the arts we practice are apprenticeship. The big art is our life.
--M. C. Richards
What you do for a living is not who you are. You are more, much more, than that.
It's easy...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-21-2017, 06:13 AM
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February 21
Behind an able man there are...
February 21
Behind an able man there are always other able men.
--Chinese proverb
Most of us have had a strong desire in our lives to "do it ourselves." We have had the idea that strength and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-20-2017, 05:44 AM
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-19-2017, 05:48 AM
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February 19
A man who has committed a...
February 19
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
--Confucius
Step Ten tells us that when we are wrong, we must "promptly" admit it. We aren't...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-18-2017, 04:41 AM
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February 18
. . .the living touch of another...
February 18
. . .the living touch of another human being.
When tragedy strikes, we fight to understand why. Something may strike out of nowhere and turn our lives around. We would like to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-17-2017, 06:45 AM
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Replies: 27
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February 17
I will love you no matter what....
February 17
I will love you no matter what. I will love you if you are stupid, if you slip and fall on your face, if you do the wrong thing, if you make mistakes, if you behave like a human being...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-16-2017, 05:02 AM
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February 16
In Micronesian, there's a word,...
February 16
In Micronesian, there's a word, kukaro, which has no corresponding word in English. When people say they are going to kukaro, they mean they are going to relax, sit around, and hang...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-15-2017, 06:09 AM
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February 15
To avoid pain at all costs...
February 15
To avoid pain at all costs forces us to reject half the lessons life can teach.
--Jan Pishok
If we could remember that every experience we'll ever have is unique and offers us a...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-14-2017, 05:44 AM
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Replies: 27
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February 14
Love is the magician, the...
February 14
Love is the magician, the enchanter that changes worthless things to joy, and makes right royal kings and queens of common clay.
--Robert G. Ingersoll
Love invites us to perform...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-13-2017, 04:03 AM
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February 13
Leaving Room for Feelings
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February 13
Leaving Room for Feelings
We need to allow enough room for others and ourselves to have and work through our feelings.
We are people, not robots. An important part of us - who we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-12-2017, 05:52 AM
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Replies: 27
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February 12
My life, I will not let you go...
February 12
My life, I will not let you go except you bless me, but then I will let you go.
--Isak Dinesen
There is something noble in the spirits of those who battle death, who cling to life....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-11-2017, 06:14 AM
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February 11
Education should be the process...
February 11
Education should be the process of helping everyone to discover his uniqueness.
--Leo Buscaglia
We are each special, which means there is not another person just like ourselves....
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-10-2017, 06:50 AM
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February 10
Reflection for the Day
If I...
February 10
Reflection for the Day
If I live just one day at a time, I won't so quickly entertain fears of what might happen tomorrow. As long as I'm concentrating on today's activities, there...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-09-2017, 05:57 AM
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Replies: 27
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February 9
Though we be sick and tired and...
February 9
Though we be sick and tired and faint and worn--Lo, all things can be borne.
--Elizabeth Chase Akers
What bothered us most a year ago? A month ago? Even a week ago? It's probably...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-08-2017, 05:44 AM
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Replies: 27
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Febuary 8
Constant togetherness is fine – ...
Febuary 8
Constant togetherness is fine –
But only for Siamese twins.
--Victoria Billings
Newcomer
I heard someone in recovery say, "I don’t have relationships, I take hostages." Everyone...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-07-2017, 05:44 AM
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Replies: 27
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February 7
Enjoying the Good Days
Good...
February 7
Enjoying the Good Days
Good feelings can become a habitual part of our life. There is absolutely no virtue in the unnecessary suffering many of us have felt for much of our life. We...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-06-2017, 06:10 AM
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Replies: 27
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February 6
Every human being is a problem in...
February 6
Every human being is a problem in search of a solution.
--Ashley Montagu
Each of us is a strong and fragile creature. We're always subject to forces outside our control, and we're...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-05-2017, 05:32 AM
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Replies: 27
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February 5
Sometimes, the way is not clear. ...
February 5
Sometimes, the way is not clear.
Our minds get clouded, confused. We aren't certain what our next step should be, what it will look like, what direction we are headed.
This is the...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-04-2017, 05:46 AM
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Replies: 27
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February 4
Easy Does It
Dear God,
...
February 4
Easy Does It
Dear God,
Help me remember to take things slowly for spiritual progress requires time for growth. Maturity is not an overnight miracle. Help me to be productive and...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-03-2017, 06:06 AM
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Replies: 27
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February 3
We must constantly build dykes of...
February 3
We must constantly build dykes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
--Martin Luther King, Jr.
The definition of courage is the ability to conquer fear or despair. In the past...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-02-2017, 07:29 AM
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Replies: 27
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February 2
There is always a "but" in this...
February 2
There is always a "but" in this imperfect world.
--Helen Keller
Often there is not a day that goes by without some tragic or upsetting news story. An act of terrorism, a natural...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings
02-01-2017, 06:52 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,684
Today's Thought - February
February 1
Say when it's time to stop coping.
In her book Recovering from the Loss of a Child, author Katherine Fair Donnelly writes of a man whose infant daughter, Robyn, dies from SIDS...
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