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An attitude of gratitude is the start to being Happy. “Happiness is the only good.The time to be happy is now.The place to be happy is here.The way to be happy is to make others so.” ~ Robert Green Ingersoll The coin has two sides and the odds are that when flipped the coin will […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined,and that we can do nothing to change it,look before they cross the road.” ~ Stephen Hawking You can choose chaos or you can choose serenity. Chaos is alcoholic stinking thinking, self will run riot, trying to change God’s world by brute force, not looking before [R... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“It is better in prayer to have a heart without wordsthan words without a heart.” ~ Mohandas Gandhi Talking without thinking, talking to hear yourself talk, talking to say what you think someone else wants to hear are words that are wasted. Do not talk about it, show the world that you are kind, loving, […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“Faith does not deny the evil, but it sees around it.” ~ Source Unknown Thankfully, no one must live in the past. Make amends, make restitution, change the errors of your ways, and give today the best effort you can. Have faith that a loving Higher Power has given you all the tools you need […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
The Worst Man “The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk,they are sober.” ~ William Butler Yeats What is the use of sobering up if you are going to be a mean, stupid and ugly person. Learn to use sobriety as a way to find the kind, loving, patient and […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“You’re only young once, but you can be immature forever.” ~ Germaine Greer When the alcoholic/addict uses mind altering poisons they emotional, mentally, morally and spiritually cease growing and return to childish behaviors to justify their actions. When the physical compulsion of the addiction is in control, the abuser does not... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“When you stop drinking, you have to deal with thismarvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place.” ~ Jimmy Breslin Stopping the habit of drinking alcohol is the easy part, staying stopped is the hard part. With the help of a Higher Power and friends who have been there and done that the […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” ~ Abraham Lincoln Do you have a mind?? Do you know where your mind is?? Do you know what state of mind your mind is in?? Are the squirrels, who are chasing the nuts in their cage, making your mind go […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.” ~ Mother Teresa Please and thank you, words that are very short and so easy to speak and they are words that can mean the value of the world to both the giver and the receiver. Please and thank you […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.” ~ Anonymous If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans. Go with the flow. The alcoholic and addict have the bad habit of wanting what they want, when they want it, and it is usually now, always seeking the […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.” ~ William James A Higher Power created no mistakes, therefore, you were put on this Earth, a very important soul inside the human body, to make this world a better place. Any misfortune is a consequence of your choices, […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“Happiness can exist only in acceptance.” ~ George Orwell Absolutely, positively, no snowflake ever fell in the wrong place. Accept the weather, you are not going to change it. Accept other people, you are not going to change them. Accept God’s world as being just as it is supposed to be. Be happy, accept that […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good.” ~ Dr. Seuss When we are motivated, we set s goal, we form a plan of attack, and we go at it. How we go at it depends upon our attitude. If we think difficult, if we think impossible, if we […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“There are people who want to be everywhere at once, and they get nowhere.” ~ Carl Sandburg If you follow the will of your Higher Power, hang out with nice people who are happy, go to places that are safe and emotionally peaceful, and do those things which are of service to yourself, mankind and […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“Here, surrounded by the products of nature, often I sit for hours, while my senses feast upon the spectacle of nature. Here the majestic sun is not concealed by any dirty roof made by human hands, here the blue sky is my sublime roof. When in the evening I contemplate the sky in wonder and […]... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“But if I can bear the nights, the days are a pleasure. I walk out; I see something, some event that would otherwise have been utterly missed and lost; or something sees me, some enormous power brushes me with its clean wing, and I resound like a beaten bell.” –Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker CreekFiled … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“We find ourselves torn by confusion, by conflict, by affirmation and denial, by emotion congested by fear, congealed by pride. We are afraid of the Universe in which we live, suspicious of people around us, uncertain of the salvation of our own souls. All these things negatively react and cause physical disorders. Nature seems to … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“To study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart, to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hungry never– in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden, and unconscious, to grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.” –William …... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“Oh, for a tongue to express the Wonders which the Thought reveals! Oh, for some Word to comprehend the boundless idea! Would that some Voice were sweet enough to sound the harmony of Life. But Within, in that vast realm of thought where the Soul meets God, the Spirit knows. I will listen for that […]... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“Experience and success don’t give you easy passage through the middle space of struggle. They only grant you a little grace, a grace that whispers, ‘This is part of the process. Stay the course.’ Experience doesn’t create even a single spark of light in the darkness of the middle space. It only instills in you …... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“I like to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.” –George Washington CarverFiled under: Morning Trip Tagged: concious contact, elisa, elisa's spot, elisabeth connelley, George Washington Carver, Higher Power, listening for the answer, meditation, m... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“I watch the running sheets of light raised on the creek’s surface. The sight has the appeal of the purely passive, like the racing of light under clouds on a field, the beautiful dream at the moment of being dreamed. The breeze is the merest puff, but you yourself sail headlong and breathless under the … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“Love has no claims. Love has no expectations. Most of us were raised to become prostitutes. We have the illusion that with good behavior, good grades, lot of awards, pretty clothes, nice smiles, we can buy love. How many ifs were you raised with? I love you if you make it through high school. I … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“The one thing I will tell you So you’ll know me Precisely When you look for me in the Crowd of all those faces Those many, many faces Which always move back and forth like The Sea, Is that I will look nothing like What you expect me to Look like. Do not doubt it, […]... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
. “The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love” . ~ William Wordsworth . You and your God know how kind and loving you have been. Live a life that is happy, joyous and free: free from the guilt and shame of selfishly doing […]... mehr auf meandtheboss2013.wordpress.com
“Within each of our forms lies the existential mystery of being. Apart from one’s physical appearance, personality, gender, history, occupation, hopes and dreams, comings and goings, there lies an eerie silence, an abyss of stillness charged with an etheric presence. For all of our anxious business and obsession with triviality, we cann... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“I do not ask of God that He should change anything in events themselves, but that He should change me in regards to things, so that I might have the power to create my own universe about me, to govern my dreams, instead of enduring them.” –Gerard de NervalFiled under: Morning Trip Tagged: beliefs, creation, … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“Watch the sunrise at least once a year, put a lot of marshmallows in your hot chocolate, lie on your back and look at the stars, never buy a coffee table you can’t put your feet on, never pass up a chance to jump on a trampoline, don’t overlook life’s small joys while searching for … ... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“When you are on your path, the universe will conspire to help you.” –Brene Brown, and pulled from The AlchemistFiled under: Morning Trip Tagged: "Elisa's Spot", brene brown, Cheb I Sabbah, devotion, elisa, elisabeth connelley, faith, gift, help, Higher Power, Morning Trip, path, paying attention, Qalanderi... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“Think of yourself as a radio. When you are tuned in to your Higher Power (HP), it is like having clear reception on a very powerful frequency. It would be great if we could remain tuned in, but a hectic day in the material world causes the tuning dial to drift away. Before you know […]... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
. “I think it is all a matter of love; the more you love a memory the stronger and stranger it becomes” . ~ Vladimir Nabokov . Love does many a strange thing and one of the strangest is how it can warp the thinking of a normally sane thinker. Love can make a memory […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“God is voluptuous and delicious.” –Meister EckhartFiled under: Morning Trip Tagged: attraction, concious contact, creation, delicious, elisa, elisa's spot, elisabeth connelley, energy, God, Higher Power, Morning Trip, union, voluptuous... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
“But first of all we shall want sunlight; nothing much can grow in the dark.” –AnonymousFiled under: Morning Trip Tagged: anonymous, darkness, early morning light, elisa, elisa's spot, elisabeth connelley, expression, Higher Power, how to live, inner-flame, joy, Morning Trip, Sarah Jarosz, step eleven, sunlight of the spirit, what... mehr auf elisasspot.wordpress.com
. “Our obligation is to give meaning to life, and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.” . ~Elie Wiesel . . Lazy, fearful or just an habitual procrastinator, there are many reasons why someone may just be content to mumble through an indifferent life. Today, do not shirk your obligation, move a […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
. “They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.” . ~ Tom Bodett . Someone to love, start with yourself and then move on to the rest of this world. Do something nice, the next right thing, […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
. “Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.” . ~ Henri Frederic Amiel . Kindness is both words and actions. Smile, say thank you, hold the door, pay a compliment, be positive and share the love. Today, be it […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
. “The last, if not the greatest, of the human freedoms: to choose their own attitude in any given circumstance.” . ~ Bruno Bettelheim . There was a wise old man that taught me one of the greatest lessons about life: ” you can choose to start your day over again, anytime you want to and […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
. “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” . – Jane Goodall . . We can never be reminded too often that in this world there is always good and evil, yin and yang, black and white, two sides to every coin and […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
. . “If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.” . 1 Corinthians 13:2 (NIV) . . To be the person your loving Higher Power wants you to be, love. […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
. “The shortest distance between two people is a smile.” . ~ Victor Borge . True or not, it is best to believe that it takes far fewer muscles to smile than it does to scowl. Be lazy, take it easy, smile, it not only improves your appearance but it also makes the whole world […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
