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What I Believe - You and Your Higher Power

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August 10, 2012

A daily reprieve is all we have and all we need. . .

Every day we have to align ourselves with the God of our understanding if we want good orderly direction, coupled with peace of mind. No doubt you have made the decision to seek that direction at least once in your life or you wouldn't be interested in a blog su[...]

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

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August 5, 2012

Detachment is a life-giving force. . .

I have been a proponent of the concept of detachment for many years now. I know, from my personal life, the devastation of being overly "attached" to people, to their moods, their opinions, their actions. I developed this trait as a very young girl and it follo[...]

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

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July 30, 2012

Acceptance is the solution to everything. . .

I love the simplicity of this solution to whatever is getting under my skin at the moment. Any moment. I well remember being given the small blue booklet titled Acceptance when I came into the 12 step rooms of recovery back in the mid 70's. The first time I r[...]

What I Believe - You and Your Higher Power

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July 23, 2012

Having faith regardless . . .

I have certainly learned after years of walking the path of recovery that faith cannot be a "sometimes thing." We either have it or we don't. However, I have also learned that practicing to have faith is almost as effective as the real thing. As you know, if[...]

Reflections in the Mirror - You and Yourself, What I Believe - You and Your Higher Power

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July 13, 2012

When darkness lifts. . .

My last post was regarding how blue I had been feeling. I am relieved to say my spirits have lifted. Many things contributed to the freedom I now feel, but the primary "lifter" was a comment from a loving friend who walks the path I am on. He was God-sent, th[...]

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

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July 4, 2012

Hitting the wall with the blues. . .

I have been in a funk the last couple of weeks. And I hate it. I was reminded today, while reading my ACIM book, that we are always in the right place at the right time. And then at the AA meeting an hour later, the topic was the now. Readjusting my vision[...]

Karen's Musings

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June 30, 2012

Surrendering to what is . . .

My life has markedly improved since embracing the idea of surrendering to the uncontrollable, (and all things separate from me are uncontrollable by me) rather than insisting my opinions, my way of doing any task, my outlook on life, particularly on how others shou[...]

Reflections in the Mirror - You and Yourself

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June 24, 2012

Choosing to be peaceful is a good choice. . .

IN EVERY CONFLICT, ASK, “WOULD I RATHER BE PEACEFUL OR RIGHT?”I was raised by a father who always insisted he was right. Perhaps you were too. It became my nature, even as a youngster, to fight him at every opportunity. I felt like it was my job to defend[...]

What I Believe - You and Your Higher Power, Your Experience, Strength and Hope

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June 18, 2012

Changing the world, how to do it, how not to do it . . .

WE CAN NOT CHANGE THE WORLD DIRECTLY, BUT WE CAN CHANGE HOW WE SEE THE WORLD AND THEN THE WORLD CHANGES TOO. When I was first introduced to this principle, I failed to understand it. I had always believed that it was our task to change the world. What I now un[...]

What I Believe - You and Your Higher Power

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June 11, 2012

Being hopeful is the doorway to real possibility. . .

Feeling hopeless about a situation in your life makes all forward movement seem impossible. It’s not an accident that we have people around us who can share our sorrows and express hope for us when our own is depleted. Our lives are quite intentional, aren’[...]