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We have choices, more choices than we let ourselves see. We may feel trapped in our relationships, our jobs, our life. We may feel locked into behaviors such as caretaking or controlling.Feeling trapped is a symptom of codependency. When we hear ourselves say, Ihave to take care of this person... I have to say yes... I have to try to control that person... I have to behave this way, think this way, feel this way... we can know we are choosing not to see choices.That sense of being trapped is an illusion. We are not controlled by circumstances, our past, the expectations of others, or our unhealthy expectations for ourselves. We can choose what feels right for us, without guilt. We have options.Being conscious is not about behaving perfectly or according to anyone else'srules. More than anything else, it is about knowing we have choices and giving ourselves the freedom to choose.Today, I will open my thinking and myself to the choices available to me. I will make choices that are good for me.Melody Beattie ©

Children are happy because they don't yet have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong." They don't have a mind-set that puts "Things to Fear" before "Things to Love." Unless we can be like little children, we can't enter into the kingdom of heaven; unless we can be like little children, we can't be happy. Children are happy because they don't have all the facts yet.Marianne Williamson

AA Thought of the Day / Our moral inventory had persuaded us that all-round forgiveness was desirable, but it was only when we resolutely tackled Step Five that we inwardly knew we'd be able to receive forgiveness and give it, too. / 12 & 12, p. 58

Just as our bodies need daily nourishment, so do our spirits. We can seek people and experiences that leave us feeling warm and uplifted. We can take time each day to become quiet in mind and body so that we hear the inner messages that refresh our spirits. We can read something inspirational, listen to good music, look at a beautiful painting or a sunset, grasp a friend's hand in understanding, and say a prayer.
Elisabeth L.

"You may call this thought by whatever fancy words you wish-psychology, theology, sociology, or philosophy-but you must think of Mother Earth as a living being. Think of your fellow men and women as holy people who were put here by the Great Spirit. Think of being related to all things!" Ed McGaa

Whatever the tasks that your soul has agreed to, whatever its contract with the Universe is, all of the experiences of your life serve to awaken within you the memory of that contract, and to prepare you to fulfill it.Gary Zukav

When you love, you should not say, 'God is in my heart,' but rather, 'I am in the heart of God.'Kahlil Gibran
God does not ask your ability or your inability. He asks only your availability.Mary Kay Ash