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Circle of Family and Friends - You and Your Personal Community, Karen's Musings
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January 30, 2019

Change your mind and your life will change too.

The title to this post is similar to the title of one of my books written a few years ago. The exact title of that book is: Change Your Mind and Your Life Will Follow. It was a book of 12 simple principles that had the capacity to make a profound difference in how you navigated through your daily experiences. Any one simple change, for instance the decision to be gentle in all responses to all people we encounter throughout the day, can thoroughly change how we feel. It also can change how everyone we meet feels too. Life honestly isn't as difficult as we creat[...]

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April 14, 2018

Hello again. Please forgive me for my absence.

I have been absent for quite a spell. Life got in the way, not necessarily the better parts of life. In my last post I shared that I had just had a hip replacement, actually hip revision, a redo of one that was done 19 years ago. And now, 8 months later, I have had a knee replacement. Enough already. Three hip replacements, (yes three!) and a full knee replacement is enough. My other knee isn't in the best condition but it will have to wait a while. Other than recovering from these minor setbacks, life has been good. We are lucky, aren't we? As long as we have[...]

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June 7, 2017

Curve balls come in spite of us.

It's hard to believe, as I hobble around on a cane these days, that I was golfing three times a week, doing yoga twice a week and an exercise class twice a week too, just over a month ago in Naples. Our return to Minnesota for the summer has presented me with unexpected challenges. I knew my hip was going to have to be addressed. I just didn't count on the experience I am having now. Bodies change but minds aren't always able to adjust to the changes very quickly. Woe is me. I have written in many books that we are always prepared for any change that comes lon[...]

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Karen's Musings, What I Believe - You and Your Higher Power
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December 1, 2016

Acceptance is the key to peace of mind.

I remember reading a small blue pamphlet titled Acceptance a few months into my recovery from alcoholism. I was struck by its simplicity. And its gentleness. But I was even more impressed with its effect on my mind. After the initial reading of its amazingly loving message, I could pick it up and read only a line or two and feel my shoulders relax, my mind quiet down, and my dread of a situation or judgment of the person standing before me shift into a far more peaceful place. I carried that little booklet with me everywhere. For protection. At that time I had[...]

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November 6, 2016

A virus alert!

I got the proverbial "screaming" virus alert erupting from my computer screen when I tried to go into one of my online accounts Friday afternoon.  "Call this number! Don't leave this page! Call this number!" And pop ups proliferated. Immediately I turned the computer off, regardless of the admonishments not to. And I called the bank. They assured me they had not been hacked but suggested I head to apple. I did. They assured me my suspicions had been right; a scam. It's so disheartening that people spend their precious waking moments trying to figure out how to[...]

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November 2, 2016

Gratitude. Need I Say More!!

I have said in more than one place that I was going to write more blog posts, Facebook messages, and explore other social media during this down time when I am not in the midst of another book. I need the structure of writing and I need the connection to my Higher Power. You have all heard me say or read my words somewhere that God speaks to me as I sit here. That's been true from the first paper I wrote in Graduate School, in fact. For certain I heard God's Voice every word of the way through Each Day A New Beginning, and every book since then. And I need that Vo[...]

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August 1, 2016

Another birthday has come and gone.

And what a birthday it was. I'm actually proud to share my age with others. I never thought I'd feel so good and be so content at this age. In case you didn't read it on Facebook, I am now 77 years old. Yikes. When my grandmother was this age, she seemed old to me. Wonderfully kind and nurturing but old. I well remember her driving us to the park to ride the merry-go-round every night during those two weeks my siblings and I visited every summer. The remarkable thing was that she had no license. Had never really learned to drive a stick shift but we got there any[...]

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June 21, 2016

The joy of recovery . . . and owning a dog.

I am feeling so blessed by this journey I'm on. And all I had to do was be a very sick, codependent alcoholic. Lol. Seriously though, the dark alleys of my life led me to the beautiful moments that now flood my days. And they keep multiplying. I have given serious thought to why the "good" keeps multiplying and I'm convinced it's the direct result of seeking to see the good in every situation. There is always good in even the darkest experiences. I wasn't so sure of that fact when I first entered the rooms of recovery. Fortunately I stuck around long enough to[...]

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May 27, 2016

Gopher State in the Twin Cities

This is a big weekend here in the Twin Cities and surrounding states. It's the 43rd Gopher State Roundup, celebrating recovery from alcoholism and other addictions. Throughout the entire weekend men and women, young and old, gather at the Doubletree Hotel in Bloomington, MN, to listen to AA and Al-Anon speakers from around the country. The wisdom shared is beyond belief. The fellowship enjoyed is indescribable. And the food is flowing. Many AA groups from around the area have rented rooms that surround the main entry hall and you can wander in at will for food, dr[...]

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Karen's Musings, Reflections in the Mirror - You and Yourself
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May 18, 2016

Another return to Minnesota.

I write this post from my study in Prior Lake, MN, our summer residence. It's with much sadness, each spring, that we say goodbye to all our Florida friends. However, in four short days on the road, we get to say hello to all our friends up here.  We are certainly very lucky people to have so many wonderful friends in both locations. For 26 years we have been making this trek. Time passes so quickly. It's hard to believe that we have actually made the trip that many times. I was 51 years old and Joe was 49 that first year in Naples. We were "the babies" in our[...]

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