Snips

Many systems and people reek of shame. They are controlled by shame and may want us to play their game with them. They may be hoping to hook us and control us through shame.
We don't have to fall into their shame. Instead, we'll take the good feelings -- self-acceptance, love, and nurturing.
Compulsive behaviors, sexually addictive behaviors, overeating, chemical abuse, and addictive gambling are shame-based behaviors. If we participate in them, we will feel ashamed. It's inevitable. We need to watch out for addictive and other compulsive behaviors because those will immerse us in shame.
Our past, and the brainwashing we may have had that imposed "original shame"
upon us, may try to put shame on us. This can happen when we're all alone, walking through the grocery store or just quietly going about living our life. Don't think. . . . Don't feel. . . . Don't grow or change. . . .Don't be alive. . . . Don't live life. . . . Be ashamed!
Be done with shame. Attack shame. Go to war with it. Learn to recognize it and avoid it like the plague.
Today, I will deliberately refuse to get caught up in the shame floating around in the world. If I cannot resist it, I will feel it, accept it, and then be done with it as quickly as possible. God, help me know that it's okay to love myself and help me to refuse to submit to shame. If I get off course, help me learn to change shame into guilt, correct the behavior, and move forward with my life in immediate self-love.
Melody Beattie ©

Forget your old ideas. Forget the lies they told you. Forget them all, and you will begin to remember.
Marianne Williamson

AA Thought of the Day / It is a design for living that works in rough going. / AA, p. 15

“We live in a world of theophanies. Holiness comes wrapped in the ordinary. There are burning bushes all around you. Every tree is full of angels. Hidden beauty is waiting in every crumb. Life wants to lead you from crumbs to angels, but this can happen only if you are willing to unwrap the ordinary by staying with it long enough to harvest its treasure.”
Macrina Wiederkehr

Be original, be inventive. Dare, dare, and then dare more. Do not imitate. Stand on your own ground. Do not lean on the borrowed staff of others. Think your own thoughts. Be yourself. All perfection and all virtues of God are hidden inside you, reveal them. God is already within you reveal Him
Babaji

We are one big family of people, trying to make our way through the unfolding puzzle of life. We are all connected to one another in the heart. Connecting with the ultimate source of love is possible through discovering the hidden power in your heart.
Sara Paddison

The Sufis have a saying: Praise Allah, and tie your camel to a post. This brings together both parts of practice: pray, yes, but also make sure that you do what is necessary in the world.
Jack Kornfield

“In the solitude of your mind are the answers to all your questions about life. You must take the time to ask and listen.”
Bawa Mahaiyaddeen

You got to look at things with the eye in your heart, not with the eye in your head.
Lame Deer, Medicine Man of the Oglala