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Circle of Family and Friends - You and Your Personal Community

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September 15, 2014

Fall is nipping at my toes. And I don’t just mean the season following summer.

It's an overused phrase, and perhaps all too simplistic, but the clock is ticking, at a faster pace, every hour it seems. Does this matter? Perhaps not to many of you, but I love life so much, every breath of it, and I hate seeing it slip so unstoppably fast th[...]

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

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September 7, 2014

Life principles I adhere to . . .

1. Come to appreciate that every person on one’s path is a learning partner. 2. Every argument is about fear. 3. No relationship is accidental. Be grateful. 4. Make the choice to be peaceful rather than right. 5. When others around you are not kind,[...]

Karen's Musings

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September 1, 2014

Shortcuts to living the peaceful life . .

I believe the following to be true: 1. The Butterfly effect is evident everywhere, all the time. It does not need to be seen or even believed for it to make its mark. 2. We are where we need to be and with whom we need to share that space, every moment. N[...]

What I Believe - You and Your Higher Power

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August 24, 2014

The greatest gifts we can offer one another . . .

My life, by choice, is now more focused on the simple pleasures than was the case while in my fifties and sixties. Perhaps that’s normal maturity. The body gets tired. The mind seeks freedom from worry. And with age, our relationships generally become les[...]

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August 18, 2014

Make every task you undertake, or person you encounter, your “universe” for the moment.

Rapt attention, as I mentioned in an earlier essay, surpasses in value every other character trait we may possess. The decision to honor our fellow travelers with devoted attention, in regard to their every word, their loud as well as their quiet behavior, their[...]

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

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August 12, 2014

75! A Milestone.

Blowing out the candles on a 75th birthday cake nearly took my breath away. Not because there were so many candles. Actually, there was only one. Thank goodness. It was simply the awareness of my age coupled with the realization that the years were slipping[...]

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

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August 5, 2014

We are needed where we are. Always.

Early in my 12 step recovery a sponsor assured me that it wasn't an accident that I "landed" in AA. She firmly believed that there are no accidents, no coincidences either, on our way to wherever we show up. Even though I doubted her at that time, I didn't argu[...]

What I Believe - You and Your Higher Power

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June 25, 2014

The Wilson House experience . . .

I mentioned a couple weeks back that I was scheduled to go to VT to facilitate a workshop at the Wilson House. That's the Bill Wilson House. And for any of you reading this who are in AA, you can only imagine what a thrill this was for me to have been asked to le[...]

What I Believe - You and Your Higher Power

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June 19, 2014

To shift one’s perception is transformative.

I was first introduced to the idea of shifting my perception in the book: A COURSE IN MIRACLES. The book had no real author, at least there wasn't a name on the book's spine. One of my husband's sisters gave the set of books (originally there were 3 books in th[...]

Karen's Musings, Your Experience, Strength and Hope

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June 12, 2014

Wilson House, here I come . . .

I am absolutely thrilled to have been invited to present a workshop at the Bill Wilson House in East Dorset, VT. For one thing, I have never been to VT. And secondly, I think I can safely speak for any one in AA when I say that to present a program there, feels[...]