I've thought a lot about change this winter. I know it's because I have experienced many changes and not always gracefully. I didn't kick and holler but, at an emotional level, I resisted t[...]
I've thought a lot about change this winter. I know it's because I have experienced many changes and not always gracefully. I didn't kick and holler but, at an emotional level, I resisted t[...]
Detachment is simply watching the events that are unfolding around you, getting involved only when your journey is part of the experience. Not reacting to the people or the situations that so[...]
Attachment to people deadlocks our growth. Those women and men on our journey are blessings, for sure. Every one of them. Even those people who seem to be difficult to be around. It’s[...]
Detachment is knowing that happiness is the guaranteed byproduct of how we live our lives, not how others are living theirs. It's my intention to do a few posts on detachment over the next fe[...]
Detachment is knowing that the mind can change if what you say to the mind, changes. We simply are not able to hold more than one thought in our minds at a time. And what ever thought we ha[...]
When my sponsor introduced me to this idea, I honestly couldn't fathom what she meant. Teachers? She further said that there were no accidents. Everything that happened was part of "my sc[...]
Almost every belief I cherish today, I scoffed at before becoming committed to a 12 step fellowship. I didn't believe in God. I thought that if you gave something away, it was gone forever.[...]
Detachment is not being a victim any more. Some say there are no victims, only volunteers. When I first heard that phrase, I was mystified. How could a person who suffered at the hands of[...]
Prayer is a "staple" of my life. No doubt this is true for many of you too. And "acting as if" is also a staple that I adopted after coming into the fellowship in 1974. It was an amazing[...]
Most of us have made resolutions over the years. And probably we have broken them before the first week of the new year had even passed. If that's troubling to you, take heart. It's commo[...]