January 26: General Interest
1788 : Australia Day

On January 26, 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip guides a fleet of 11
British ships carrying convicts to the colony of New South Wales,
effectively founding Australia. After overcoming a period of hardship,
the fledgling colony began to celebrate the anniversary of this date
with great fanfare.

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Got up way to late and now need to rush to get out with the crowds to do some Christmas shopping. I am not looking forward to that at all. I also need to find out what to bring to my sisters tonight for pre Christmas dinner. Hubby slept in his chair most of the night. I took a sleeping pill and when I woke up found him in the chair. Then he was ( Read more... )

Today's thought from Hazelden is:

In order to make someone else happy or convince myself that someday my life would, as if by magic, get better, I have put my life on hold. I know now that it didn't work.

The magic day never came, and I was waiting and hoping for happiness that was never going to come. I am worthy of being happy, of having people ( Read more... )

Don't quit five minutes before the miracle happens.
--Anonymous

When we came into the Program, most of us had very little to show for our lives. We believed in nothing. We had experienced great disappointments. The greedy creditor that was our addiction had stripped away everything of meaning to us. We were left with nothing but pain and misery.

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Offerings Of The Day
Finding Gifts In All

When we have good days, we often find ourselves going over the details later, enjoying them a second and third time as we feel the joy of our good fortune. When we have bad days, we may find ourselves poring over the details of our misfortunes. However, we can reframe those bad days by making it a daily ( Read more... )

Today's thought from Hazelden is:

Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.
-- William Arthur Ward

Manipulation is not foreign to most of us. We have probably manipulated and been manipulated. Manipulators may or may not be aware of what they're ( Read more... )

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Warmth And Renewal
Summertime

Our memories of summer are often intense because it is a season blessed with a vividness unsurpassed by any other time of year. Our senses are delighted by bright colors, fresh scents, vibrant flavors, brilliant sunlight, and heat's caress. There is a sumptuousness about summertime, as both flora and fauna come into ( Read more... )

Gladdening Nourishment
Silliness

Children appreciate all that is silly as a matter of course. Their grasp of humor is instinctual, and even the smallest absurdities provoke joyous gales of earnest laughter. As we age, this innate ability to see the value of silliness can diminish. Work takes precedence over play, and we have less incentive to ( Read more... )