Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-30-2013, 07:22 AM
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November 30
In spite of everything, I still...
November 30
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
--Anne Frank
Newcomer
I get upset and discouraged about what's in the news. So much of it is about...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-29-2013, 08:50 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 29
Reflection for the Day
Now...
November 29
Reflection for the Day
Now that I know I can't use bottled courage, I seek and pray for 24-hour courage to change the things I can. Obviously, this isn't the kind of courage that...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-28-2013, 07:58 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 28
Gratitude
Sometimes in...
November 28
Gratitude
Sometimes in life, things happen too fast. We barely solve one problem when two new problems surface. We're feeling great in the morning, but we're submerged in misery by...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-27-2013, 08:17 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 27
Give to the world the best you...
November 27
Give to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.
--Madeline Bridges
Sometimes we feel lazy or bored, and then we don't do our best work. Perhaps we are...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-26-2013, 07:21 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 26
I would be honest, for there are...
November 26
I would be honest, for there are those who trust me.
--Howard Arnold Walter
Some of those around us seem to see only the good in us. They trust and respect us, even when we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-25-2013, 07:33 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 25
When I hear somebody sigh "Life...
November 25
When I hear somebody sigh "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask, compared to what?
--Sydney J. Harris
We've probably heard all the negative quotations about life. There was...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-24-2013, 07:11 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 24
We will sabotage ourselves if we...
November 24
We will sabotage ourselves if we don't believe we deserve success.
Maybe we could try a different approach - stop torturing ourselves for the things we have done wrong and then try...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-23-2013, 07:36 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 23
With Laughter
O God, as the...
November 23
With Laughter
O God, as the day returns and brings us the silly
Rounds of irritating duties, help me perform
Them with laughter and a kind face.
Let cheerfulness overflow in my...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-22-2013, 06:22 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 22
How can I believe in God when...
November 22
How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?
--Woody Allen
If our introduction to religion and God was filled with...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-21-2013, 07:44 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 46,718
November 21
Ask, and ye shall receive. ...
November 21
Ask, and ye shall receive.
--John 16:24
Somewhere in our past life, we may have picked up the idea that it's not all right to ask for help, that asking for help would be a sign of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-20-2013, 07:14 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 20
Going Easy
Go easy. You may...
November 20
Going Easy
Go easy. You may have to push forward, but you don't have to push so hard. Go in gentleness, go in peace.
Do not be in so much of a hurry. At no day, no hour, no time...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-19-2013, 07:05 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 19
Being patient
Over time, we...
November 19
Being patient
Over time, we get what we want out of this program. If we seek a better way of life, for example, we will develop it. If we want to diminish our pain, we will find...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-18-2013, 07:24 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 18
Making prompt amends is the...
November 18
Making prompt amends is the fresh air of each new day.
--Sandra Little
Today brings us a new hill to climb and a new view from the top. Taking time to reflect about our daily...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-17-2013, 06:46 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 17
Commitment
As we walk...
November 17
Commitment
As we walk through life, there are many things and people we may lose, or lose out on, if we are unwilling to commit. We need to make a commitment for relationships to...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-16-2013, 07:33 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 16
Sharing our experiences...
November 16
Sharing our experiences heightens our joy and lessens out pain.
Not letting other people know what's troubling us causes the problem to trouble us even more. "Secrets keep us...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-15-2013, 06:21 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 46,718
November 15
This Mouse must give up one of...
November 15
This Mouse must give up one of the Mouse ways of seeing things in order that he may grow.
--Hyemeyohsts Storm
There is an American Indian tale of a mouse who heard a roaring in his...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-14-2013, 07:49 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 46,718
November 14
It takes about ten years to get...
November 14
It takes about ten years to get used to how old you are.
--Unknown
If it is hard to adjust to our age, how much harder it must be to realize we can't even run our own life with any...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-13-2013, 09:02 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 46,718
November 13
Keeping my mind active through...
November 13
Keeping my mind active through good, intellectual discussions is important to me. Talking over golf scores doesn't take us very far.
--Louise Jerome
Small talk is what engages us...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-12-2013, 06:43 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 46,718
November 12
Life is like a library owned by...
November 12
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 Archive
11-11-2013, 06:37 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 11
It is impossible that anything...
November 11
It is impossible that anything should be produced if there were nothing existing before.
--Aristotle
Everything comes from something. All the organic compounds in our world come...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-10-2013, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 10
I haven't won yet but I haven't...
November 10
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 Archive
11-09-2013, 07:58 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 46,718
November 9
I cannot give you the formula for...
November 9
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - try to please everybody.
--Herbert Bayard Swope
Principles are rules or codes of conduct we...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-08-2013, 09:18 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 8
Love, and love alone, is capable...
November 8
Love, and love alone, is capable of giving thee a happier life.
--Ludwig van Beethoven
We are making a response to life's every waking moment; our attitudes formulate the tenor of...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-07-2013, 07:23 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 7
Opportunity may knock only once, ...
November 7
Opportunity may knock only once,
But temptation leans on the doorbell.
--Anonymous
We have an opportunity. We've made getting out of debt a priority in our lives. Just having this...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-06-2013, 06:30 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 46,718
November 6
The natural flights of the human...
November 6
The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
--Samuel Johnson
A truly powerful force in the universe is that of optimism. Optimism...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-05-2013, 06:58 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 5
A man has made at least a start...
November 5
A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.
--D. Elton Trueblood
Our lives...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-04-2013, 07:33 AM
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Replies: 29
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November 4
Cultivating Authenticity
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November 4
Cultivating Authenticity
Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are.
The idea that we can choose authenticity...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-03-2013, 06:57 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 46,718
November 3
Sometimes it seems I've spent my...
November 3
Sometimes it seems I've spent my life trying to live up to others' expectations of me, and failing. I never thought much about pleasing myself. That would have been "selfish."
--JoAnn...
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Forum: Daily Recovery Readings Archive
11-02-2013, 08:04 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 46,718
November 2
A man who has committed a mistake...
November 2
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 Archive
11-01-2013, 06:13 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 46,718
Today's Thought - November
November 1
Listening and Sharing
"I've found that many of my painful experiences with others are the result of past memories," stated a friend.
"Often I'm not reacting so much to what is...
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