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Many of us have confused notions about what it means to be loved and caredabout. Many of us were loved and cared for by people who had discrepancies between what they said and did.We may learn to love others or ourselves the way we have been loved, or wemay let others love us the way we have been loved, whether or not that feelsgood. It's time to let our needs be met in ways that actually work. Unhealthy love may meet some surface needs, but not our need to be loved.We can come to expect congruency in behavior from others. We can diminish the impact of words alone and insist that behavior and words match.
We can give and receive love where behavior matches one's words. We deserve to receive and give the best that love has to offer.Today, I will be open to giving and receiving the healthiest love possible. I will watch for discrepancies between words and behaviors that confuse me and make me feel crazy. When that happens, I will understand that I am not crazy; I am in the midst of a discrepancy.Melody Beattie ©

Are you experiencing the miracle of authentic prayer? At the beginning of your day, spend a few minutes in silence to commune with God. At the end of your day, do the same. And in the course of your day, join with others. Pray for those in your life and allow them the honor of praying for you. The energy you hold in prayer is real, and over time, will take form.Mary Manin Morrissey

AA Thought of the Day / ...deep down in every man, woman and child, is the fundamental idea of God. It may be obscured by calamity, by pomp, by worship of other things, but in some form or other it is there. For faith in a Power greater than ourselves, and miraculous demonstrations of that power in human lives, are facts as old as man himself. / AA, p. 55

Let life touch you. Let yourself be moved. Yes, it will hurt sometimes. But far, far deeper would be the pain if you were to build an impenetrable wall around yourself. Let it all reach into you, for you have what it takes to handle the experience. Know the joys and the sadnesses, the frustrations and the thrills, the deep serenity and the noisy commotion. Immerse yourself in the intensity of life. You were born not to hide but to live, so do it every day. Go ahead and laugh, go ahead and cry. Jump and smile and hug and sing, run and dance and shout. Let life get to you. And be truly moved by the awesome wonder of it all.Ralph Marston

I know - you want everybody and everything else to change. Your mother, father, boss, friend, sister, lover, landlord, neighbor, minister, or government official must change so that your life can be perfect. It doesn't work that way. If you want change in your life, then you are the one who must do the changing. When you change, then all the other people in your world will change in relation to you. Are you willing to change?
Louise L. Hay

Our paths are revealed in small increments, just as small as they need to be for our personal comfort and ability to assimilate. It's not possible for us to view everything; however, we can prepare, healing fear, making responsible choices, day by day, moment by moment; what comes to us in the opportunities offered are designed to direct us to higher purpose and identity. We are on the Path of Beauty.
Maria Yraceburu

As you create expectations of people or situations, as you create opinions of what should or should not be taking place with yourself and others, you create your dilemmas.John-Roger

Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.Richard Bach

Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it.William Durant