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What I Believe - You and Your Higher Power

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October 16, 2010

No door closes . . .

Nary a one of you reading this is stumped by how to finish this sentence. No matter what path we have traveled to this point in our journey, we have heard that as certain doors close, new ones always open. It's a principle we can count on. And the new doors[...]

Circle of Family and Friends - You and Your Personal Community

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October 12, 2010

Making a difference. . .

I heard a speaker yesterday talk about the importance of letting the other people in our lives know that they are making a difference to us. We can do this in myriad ways. Obviously we can say thank you. We can make eye contact and smile. We can send a note[...]

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

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October 9, 2010

Carrying the message . . .

I had the opportunity to "carry the message" to a large audience at The Recovery Church in St. Paul this past week. I talked about detachment which is the topic of my newest book, (Let Go Now: Embracing Detachment). I have come to recognize it as an extremely k[...]

Reflections in the Mirror - You and Yourself

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October 6, 2010

How troubling are your character defects?

On Sunday, Jo Campe, the minister at The Recovery Church in St. Paul asked us to think about our character defects. I don't know about you but I hate to think about my character defects, particularly the one that's pointed out to me on a regular basis. However, I[...]

Karen's Musings

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October 3, 2010

Recovery month has come and gone but recovery is forever. . .

In the state of Minnesota, September is Recovery Month. Perhaps it is in other states too. If so, maybe some one will write and educate me about that. In any case, in Minnesota it's a big deal. There are breakfasts with special speakers, fairs, social event[...]

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

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October 1, 2010

Getting grounded after a trip is crucial to making the trip worthwhile. . .

I just spent six days on the west coast, working and seeing college friends. I arrived home at midnight on Monday night. It's Thursday now and I'm finally feeling "normal." As I have aged I realize that any travel is a bit more tiring, particularly when one's[...]

Your Experience, Strength and Hope

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September 27, 2010

Knowing we are in the right place at the right time is such a gift. . .

It's a gift, perhaps, but it's a terribly hard gift to be grateful for if we have just had a truck accident like the one my nephew had a few days ago. (see the blog on "split second" to get the details) How could that be a gift, you might say? How I explain a sit[...]

What I Believe - You and Your Higher Power

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September 24, 2010

You will be told exactly what God wills for you. . .

And the rest of the above line in one of my favorite books is: "each time there is a choice to make." Perhaps uncertainty doesn't ever trouble you. And I am relieved to say it troubles me very little any more, but it used to haunt me. I just knew there had to[...]

Karen's Musings

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September 21, 2010

The joy that comes from dogs at play. . .

This may seem like a "light-weight" entry today but I am frequently entranced by the dogs next door to me. Both are big; one is a blonde Lab and the other a Wheaton Terrier. They play like children. Perhaps better than children. I never see them fight. I[...]

Circle of Family and Friends - You and Your Personal Community

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September 16, 2010

A split second can change every thing. . .

Eddie, my young nephew, a 17 year old high school senior, was injured in a terrible automobile accident two days ago in Lafayette, Indiana. He was driving to school in the early AM, fell asleep at the wheel of his white Ford pick up, and hit a dump trunk head on.[...]