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Alcoholics Anonymous, page 60

Fraser Trevor

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Title: Alcoholics Anonymous, page 60
Author: Fraser Trevor
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"The principles we have set down are guides to progress. We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection. -- Alcohol...

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"The principles we have set down are guides to progress.<br />
We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection.<br />
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-- Alcoholics Anonymous, page 60"<br />
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Alcoholics Anonymous, page 60

"The principles we have set down are guides to progress. We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection. -- Alcohol...

King Arthur and the Witch:

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Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a neighboring kingdom. The monarch could have killed him but was mov...

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Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by </span></b><b><span style="color: maroon; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">the monarch of a neighboring</span></b><b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> kingdom. The monarch could have killed him but was moved by Arthur's youth and ideals. So, the monarch offered him his freedom, as long as he could answer a very difficult question. Arthur would have a year to figure out the answer and, if after a year, he still had no answer, he would be put to death.<br />
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The question?... What do women really want? Such a question would perplex even the most knowledgeable man, and to young Arthur, it seemed an impossible query. But, since it was better than death, he accepted the monarch's proposition to have an answer by year's end.<br />
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He returned to his kingdom and began to poll everyone: the princess, the priests, the wise men and even the court jester. He spoke with everyone, but no one could give him a satisfactory answer.<br />
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Many people advised him to consult the old witch, for only she would have the answer.<br />
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But the price would be high; as the witch was famous throughout the kingdom for the exorbitant prices she charged.<br />
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The last day of the year arrived and Arthur had no choice but to talk to the witch She agreed to answer the question, but he would have to agree to her price first.<br />
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The old witch wanted to marry Sir Lancelot, the most noble of the Knights of the Round Table and Arthur's closest friend!<br />
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Young Arthur was horrified. She was hunchbacked and hideous, had only one tooth, smelled like sewage, made obscene noises, etc He had never encountered such a repugnant creature in all his life.<br />
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He refused to force his friend to marry her and endure such a terrible burden; but Lancelot, learning of the proposal, spoke with Arthur.<br />
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He said nothing was too big of a sacrifice compared to Arthur's life and the preservation of the Round <span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span> <span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">  </span> <span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">  </span> <span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">  </span> <span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">  </span> <span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">  </span> <span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">  </span> <span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">  </span> <span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">  </span> <span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">  </span> <span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">  </span> <span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span>Table.<br />
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Hence, a wedding was proclaimed and the witch answered Arthur's question thus:<br />
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What a woman really wants, she answered.... is to be in charge of her own life.<br />
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Everyone in the kingdom instantly knew that the witch had uttered a great truth and that Arthur's life would be spared.<br />
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And so it was, the neighboring monarch granted Arthur his freedom and Lancelot and the witch had a wonderful wedding.<br />
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The honeymoon hour approached and Lancelot, steeling himself for a horrific experience, entered the bedroom. But, what a sight awaited him. The most beautiful woman he had ever seen lay before him on the bed. The astounded Lancelot asked what had happened<br />
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The beauty replied that since he had been so kind to her when she appeared as a witch, she would henceforth, be her horrible deformed self only half the time and the beautiful maiden the other half.<br />
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Which would he prefer? Beautiful during the day....or night?<br />
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Lancelot pondered the predicament. During the day, a beautiful woman to show off to his friends, but at night, in the privacy of his castle, an old witch? Or, would he prefer having a hideous witch during the day, but by night, a beautiful woman for him to enjoy wondrous intimate moments?<br />
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What would YOU do?<br />
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What Lancelot chose is below. BUT....make YOUR choice before you scroll down below. OKAY?</span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div></div></td></tr>
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Upon hearing this, she announced that she would be beautiful all the time because he had respected her enough to let her be in charge of her own life.<br />
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Now....what is the moral to this story?</span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: yellow; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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The moral is....</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: yellow; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: yellow; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; color: maroon; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</span></b><span style="color: maroon; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">If you don't let a woman have her own way...</span><b><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: yellow; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; color: #004080; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: yellow; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; color: #990000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 24pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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King Arthur and the Witch:

Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a neighboring kingdom. The monarch could have killed him but was mov...

ATHEIST IN THE WOODS

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Title: ATHEIST IN THE WOODS
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An atheist was walking through the woods. 'What majestic trees!' 'What powerful rivers!' 'What beautiful animals!...

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An atheist was walking through the woods.<br />
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'What majestic trees!'<br />
'What powerful rivers!'<br />
'What beautiful animals!'<br />
He said to himself.<br />
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As he was walking alongside the river, he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him.<br />
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He turned to look.  He saw a 7-foot grizzly bear charge towards him.<br />
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He ran as fast as he could up the path.  He looked over his shoulder & saw that the bear was closing in on him.<br />
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He looked over his shoulder again, & the bear was even closer.<br />
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He tripped & fell on the ground.<br />
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He rolled over to pick himself up but saw that the bear was right on top of him, reaching for him with his left paw & raising his right paw to strike him.<br />
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At that instant moment, the Atheist cried out:<br />
'Oh my God!'<br />
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Time stopped.<br />
The bear froze.<br />
The forest was silent.<br />
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As a bright light shone upon the man, a voice came out of the sky.<br />
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'You deny my existence for all these years, teach others I don't exist and even credit creation to cosmic accident.'<br />
'Do you expect me to help you out of this predicament?'<br />
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'Am I to count you as a believer?'<br />
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The atheist looked directly into the light, and said: 'It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask you to treat me as a Christian now, but perhaps you could make the BEAR a Christian?'<br />
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'Very well', said the voice.<br />
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The light went out.  The sounds of the forest resumed.  And the bear dropped his right paw, brought both paws together, bowed his head & spoke:<br />
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'Lord bless this food, which I am about to receive from Thy bounty through Christ our Lord, Amen.'

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An atheist was walking through the woods. 'What majestic trees!' 'What powerful rivers!' 'What beautiful animals!...

Existence is giving and receiving. A stone gives and receives no less than a saint.

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“Our deepest need is for the joy that comes with …knowing we are of genuine use to others.” -- Eknath Easwaran Holding an intention to...

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 -- Eknath Easwaran 
 
Holding an intention to be in service shapes our overall attitude towards life in many ways. 
For example, it brings a greater sensitivity and awareness of others, a commitment to harmlessness, 
a willingness to put others’ needs before our own and a desire to be in harmony with all. 
 
An attitude of service also involves a willingness to be served when we truly need support. 
 
"… there is no such thing as just existing. Everything is in service to everything else. 
Existence is giving and receiving. A stone gives and receives no less than a saint." 
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Existence is giving and receiving. A stone gives and receives no less than a saint.

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"If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. ...

You can consciously create your own

"If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. ...

(attributed to) Charlie Chaplin on his 70th birthday: As I Began to Love Myself

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(attributed to) Charlie Chaplin on his 70th birthday: As I Began to Love Myself As I began to love myself I found that anguish a...

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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong><em>(attributed to) </em></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>Charlie Chaplin on his 70th birthday: As I Began to Love Myself</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Today, I know, this is “</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>AUTHENTICITY</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">“.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody as I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Today I call it “</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>RESPECT</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">“.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Today I call it “</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>Maturity</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">“.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment, so I could be calm.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Today I call it “</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>SELF-CONFIDENCE</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">“.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">As I began to love myself I quit steeling my own time, and I stopped designing huge projects for the future. Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Today I call it “</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>SIMPLICITY</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">“.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health – food, people, things, situations, and everything the drew me down and away from myself. At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Today I know it is “</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>LOVE OF ONESELF</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">“.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right, and ever since I was wrong less of the time.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Today I discovered that is “</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>MODESTY</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">“.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the past and worry about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where EVERYTHING is happening.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Today I live each day, day by day, and I call it “</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>FULFILLMENT</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">“.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But As I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Today I call this connection “</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>WISDOM OF THE HEART</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">“.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing new worlds are born.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Today I know THAT IS “</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>LIFE</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">“!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br />
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(attributed to) Charlie Chaplin on his 70th birthday: As I Began to Love Myself

(attributed to) Charlie Chaplin on his 70th birthday: As I Began to Love Myself As I began to love myself I found that anguish a...

Written in the 1980s

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Pain is the only method of growth in my life, either instant pain or delayed pain. Fear and being able to tame a fear has been the other les...

Pain is the only method of growth in my life, either instant pain or delayed pain. Fear and being able to tame a fear has been the other lesson. <br />
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To have become a full blown alcoholic by the time I was thirty eight has become my only success. To have to attempt to grow up from, say, nineteen to forty five years of age has become more than a challenge. It became a means to an end. If you like, the ultimate adventure living in raw reality, watching the brain attempt to clear itself and become restored to sanity - problems that should have been resolved in my teenage years and early twenties.<br />
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The ability to be self critical had left me, allowing me to swim in a world without control. Totally out of control I destroyed my life and somewhere in that destruction begot the seeds to rebuild the blind faith in God of my insane mind, forcing me not to react in the old alcoholic way, and when I did, teaching me what was wrong. <br />
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What an amazing miracle of life to be offered a gift of happiness and life, receiving small ideas that unlock and show what your allergy is capable of. My disease caused my emotional problems and not vice versa. The drink accentuated the emotional problems causing the trigger that sparked them into life. Genetically I must have been predisposed to becoming an alcoholic, but I needed the sociological trigger. <br />
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Now I am a changed person. My cells have mutated so that I have no tolerance to alcohol, quickly turning me into a hopeless alcoholic. My mind, at times, tends to clear. Mentally I become a different person having the unique capability of looking into the mind of a chronic alcoholic. But often I have to live that tortured life with its insane personality clashes and stresses.<br />
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Knowing the answers is no help when the disease becomes full blown. Ill health seems to spark off these feelings, causing me lost days spent in the quagmire of self pity, drifting aimlessly on tides of pain.

Written in the 1980s

Pain is the only method of growth in my life, either instant pain or delayed pain. Fear and being able to tame a fear has been the other les...

Nothing external to you has power over you.

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"Nothing external to you has power over you." Romance Addiction is nothing but a misguided dependency on others in an attem...

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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /><br />"Nothing external to you has power over you."<br /><br /><br /><br />Romance Addiction is nothing but a misguided dependency on others in an attempt to fulfill unmet developmental needs. We often choose people similar to those in the past who did not meet our needs hoping this time we will end up satisfied. But because they are similar or we view them as similar, we end up feeling dissatisfied once more. A key element in identifying dependent love is how we feel when the person disapproves of us, disagrees with us, moves away from us, or threatens us. An escalation of behaviors occurs when the love object threatens to leave us psychologically or physically. Dependent love is always self-serving. It survives on psychological myths: “I will take care of your fears and inadequacies so you will take care of mine.” “If you fail me, I will do whatever it takes to keep you around.” “But since I do not know how to be intimate or fear intimacy, I will allow only so much closeness or push you away.” On a psychological level love addiction makes perfect sense. Our attractions are psychological. If I believe men are never there when you need them most, I will find them. If I need a woman who won’t support me, I will find her. Dependent love addicts fear abandonment or betrayal. The most important thing is to be in a relationship or on the edge of a relationship. They often hang onto abusive relationships for fear of being alone. They may or may not have romantic or sexual feeling for the object of their attention and drama substitutes for intimacy. <br /></span>Related articles<br />
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'When you fight something, you’re tied to it forever. As long as you’re fighting it, you’re giving it power.' -- Anthony de Mello Resistance always brings pain. Examine your struggle. What does your personality want from the situation? What does your soul want? What can you learn from this? Always strive to mend separation and achieve unity. Always choose love over fear. If you can embrace whatever you are struggling against, the struggle will disappear. 'What you resist persists. And only what you look at, and own, can disappear. You make it disappear by simply changing your mind about it.' -- Neale Donald Walsch"<br />
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