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Life is not to be endured; life is to be enjoyed and embraced. The belief that we must square our shoulders and get through a meager, deprived existence for far off rewards in Heaven is a codependent belief.Yes, most of us still have times when life will be stressful and challenge our endurance skills. But now we're learning to live, to enjoy our life, and handle situations as they come.Our survival skills have served us well. They have gotten us through difficult times - as children and adults. Our ability to freeze feelings, deny problems, deprive ourselves, and cope with stress has helped us get where we are today. But we're safe now. We're learning to do more than survive. We can let go of unhealthy survival behaviors. We're learning new, better ways to protect and care for ourselves. We're free to feel our feelings, identify and solve problems, and give ourselves the best. We're free to open up and come alive.Today, I will let go of my unhealthy endurance and survival skills. I will choose a new mode of living, one that allows me to be alive and enjoy the adventure.Melody Beattie ©

"The Creator of the universe, who has ordered the stars and the heavens and the earth, has a plan for your life. You are not a random act. You are not here by chance, but by design. You are destined for greatness that begins with your believing in your own destiny."Mary Manin Morrissey

AA Thought of the Day / ...the need to quit living by ourselves with thosetormenting ghosts of yesterday gets more urgent than ever. We have to talk to somebody about them. / 12 & 12, p. 55

“Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are -- chaff and grain together -- certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.…”Elizabeth Barrett Browning

If you want to reconnect with God, Love yourself. Be compassionate with yourself right now. If you want to reconnect with yourself, love the person who is in front of you. When you love another, you can feel compassion for and acceptance of yourself stirring in your heart and mind.Paul FerriniWe often talk about "wanting to be spiritual," but being spiritual and taking care of our everyday affairs are exactly the same thing. There is no difference.
Jacob Liberman

"In any way that men love me in that same way they find my love: for many are the paths of men, but they all in the end come to me."Bhagavad Gita

Change and growth take place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life.Herbert Otto

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.Margaret Mead