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

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May 27, 2014

Those who cross our path . . .

I have spent long hours thinking about and then treasuring all the encounters I have had in my nearly 75 years of living. In my youth, it never dawned on me, of course, that the people I met "had been sent;" had been part of the divine journey that was mine and o[...]

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

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May 13, 2014

Time passes so quickly. . .

I looked at the date of my last post and was shocked. It has been over a month since I connected with the readers of this blog. Please accept my apology. Travel took me away from this particular task and then regrouping after all the travel took it's toll too[...]

Circle of Family and Friends - You and Your Personal Community, Reflections in the Mirror - You and Yourself

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April 4, 2014

One’s path is divine. . .

I wouldn't have agreed with this idea prior to recovery. I wasn't "a believer." Random acts ruled, as far as I was concerned. I don't remember any more when I began to shift my perspective. Perhaps I had grown ready for the change in thinking when I came in[...]

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

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March 20, 2014

We are “called.” Those who join us are “called” too.

I find such comfort in the idea that we are "here, now," intentionally. I love the awareness that whomever I meet, only casually or quite seriously, was sent. In fact, I had "requested" the meeting at a time and in a space I have long since forgotten about. M[...]

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

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March 10, 2014

When a friend is in need. . .

At the present time I have a very good friend and sponsee from the north visiting. She is dear to my heart and has been for all 25 years of her recovery. I met her at her first AA meeting, in fact, so have been able to observe her throughout her long sobriety.[...]

Circle of Family and Friends - You and Your Personal Community

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March 4, 2014

Our connections to one another are what heals the planet. . .

Over the years I have received hundreds, actually thousands of comments about the various blog posts I have written. It's my guess that you don't really think that your comment is any thing very special, but I want to assure you that the opposite is true. So ve[...]

What I Believe - You and Your Higher Power

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February 8, 2014

Embracing acceptance nullifies any troubling experience.

I was at my AA home group this morning. The topic was acceptance, a frequent choice, it seems. And what's unmistakably true is that it's a necessary choice if we want to experience peace. At no time in life will we be peaceful if we haven't cultivated the pra[...]

Karen's Musings

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January 23, 2014

January is slipping into February. . .

Some days I simply want to say to the world around me: SLOW DOWN, DOGGONE IT. Perhaps my resistance to the passage of time is that I too often have my mind somewhere else, rather than on the moment that's being given to me. Each moment is a gift. The decision[...]

Your Experience, Strength and Hope

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January 10, 2014

2014! It came in a blink of the eye.

My husband and I relocated to Florida in January, 1991. I had resigned from my job in July of 1990, freeing us to leave MN and head to a warm climate for the winter. We chose Florida because I had a sister who lived here in the winter months too. I'm still th[...]

Circle of Family and Friends - You and Your Personal Community

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December 26, 2013

Contentment: a state of mind. . .

Are you content, right here, right now? If you aren't, (and I surely don't claim to be content every moment, ) then you have some work to do. It's our responsibility, and only our responsibility, to reach a place of contentment moment by moment. When we put[...]