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Too Good Not to Share!
I will not hold back today. I will seize the moment. All the excitement
and beauty of life is just as present in it as is or ever will be
possible. There is nowhere else to be. This is it. The potential for
life is here and now; there is not nor could there be another, more
important or soul-filled moment.
I will eat the fruit.
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OA: Centering Within The Self
Centering Within the Self
I will not walk by the mysteries that surround me as if they did not exist. The modern world in which I live and spend my time deadens me to the beauty and the mystery of life. There is mystery and beauty everywhere I look. When I can appreciate this, my world is transformed from a cold and wooden collection of ( Read more... ) -
OA: Inner Peace
Daily Worship
I am conscious of living with the divine. I need go nowhere special to access spiritual light and wisdom, to experience eternity. Each moment of my day is alive with spiritual energy because the particles carrying that energy are present in all that lives. I could not get away from this even if I wanted to. Whether or not I am ( Read more... ) -
Just Letting Ya'll know...
Things are changing, yet again ( Read more... ) -
For today... OWWWIEEE
My back had a slight twinge this morning, which has turned into a full twang. I had to take a happy pill in order to deal with the pain. Productivity is not going to be high today.
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OA: Stop and Enjoy the Roses
Is it so small a thing
To have enjoyed the sun
To have lived light in the spring
To have loved, to have thought,
to have done?
- Matthew Arnold
Is a day important only if it is filled with big deeds and heroics? I used to think so. Today, I consider a day well spent if I have enjoyed something I once took for granted. How wonderful to feel good, ( Read more... ) -
OA: The Importance of My Abstinence.
"Abstinence is as easy for me as temperance is difficult." - Samuel Johnson
Deciding I'm going to have a binge tonight and then quit is like saying I'll be green-eyed today and go back to being blue-eyed tomorrow morning. As crazy as that sounds, it's what I did before I came to OA. Against all the evidence, I thought I could handle an occasional ( Read more... ) -
Move the Spotlight
If someone in your life talked to you the way you talk to
yourself, you would have left them long ago.
- Dr. Carla Gordan*
I wondered why I had signed up for this expensive astrology consultation. As the astrologer discussed my chart, I found myself feeling bored and impatient. Finally he made an assessment that rang my chimes: “You are the ( Read more... ) -
OA: Changing from the Inside Out
"Habit is habit, and not to be flung out the window. . . but coaxed downstairs a step at a time." - Mark Twain
The story is told of the newly self-aware member who, wanting to be rid of a particularly troublesome defect, prayed, "God, please give me patience - now!"
Waiting for what I want is difficult. That's why all the magic diets and quick ( Read more... )