Category: Addiction/AA
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Survivors and Thrivers
As the Christian mystic Lady Julian of Norwich wrote more than six centuries ago, “First comes the fall, and then the recovery from the fall. Both are the mercy of God.”
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Taking This World As It Is
There are a few formal or written prayers that I return to over the years. One is the Prayer of St. Francis, beginning with that excellent phrase, “Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.” There is a quote I am especially fond of by Henri-Frédéric Amiel, and I use it often as a blessing: […]
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Break The Rules, And Change
Seventy years ago, cartoonist Chuck Jones created two epic characters who would go on to star in 48 short-run animated films (though there seemed like there were thousands of them): Wile E. Coyote and his arch-rival, the Roadrunner. Those of the Saturday morning cartoon generation, like myself, knew these characters intimately, and each episode by […]