Category: Meditation
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Rest
Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” Mark 6:31 (NIV) “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” Ah, what a…
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No More Need to Lie
“He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time till at length it becomes habitual.” – Thomas Jefferson One of the most wonderful gifts I have received as I have worked to recover from my addictions is the realization that being dishonest –…
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Denial of the Truth
“Denial of the truth leads to destruction.” – The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous, pg. 6 Obviously a person living in denial of their addiction and all that it is doing to harm them and the people around them is moving toward self-destruction. Yet, when I was the one living in that…
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Taste to Praise
As a person who spent the first 29 years of her existence in active food addiction, I can honestly share that I have eaten an enormous amount of grub in my lifetime. That said, I cannot say that I truly tasted any of it. Most of what I was doing in those days was shoving…
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Listen to Praise
What a glorious thing it is to hear… the coo of the mourning dove outside my window as I sit with God at the start of each day my husband’s laugh that comes from deep down in his belly, freeing him from the noise of life the crash of waves upon the shore as I…
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Breathe In to Praise
Right now, I breathe in and absorb the rich cocoa butter aroma of my skin cream. First, it has softened my skin, and now it serves as a calming agent for my soul as I relax after a bath. The sense of smell is such an amazing gift. It can calm, as mentioned above, or…
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Look to Praise
“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it. People think pleasing God is all God cares about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back.” – Alice Walker, The Color Purple I love this…
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It’s Always Time for Change
“The essence of all growth is a willingness to change for the better and then an unremitting willingness to shoulder whatever responsibility this entails.” – Bill W. I have a good friend who likes to remind me on occasion: “Whether it is good or bad, it will change.” In making this statement, she is referring…
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Yellow Memories
I love the color yellow. I especially love the springtime yellows that are popping up all over the place right now in eastern Pennsylvania. Daffodils and honeysuckle bushes are my favorites. With the sight of daffodils, I feel like Spring is shouting – HERE I AM! And when I take in the sweet aroma of…
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Nothing Changes If Nothing Changes
The world of recovery from addictions is filled with pithy sayings like “One Day at a Time” and “Easy Does It.” I suppose this is because people who are trying to recover from an addiction (especially in the early days of withdrawal) have a very short attention span. In my own experience of early recovery,…