WHAT I LEARNED: 1. The fewer expectations I have of other people, the less they seem to piss me off! 2. “…getting better doesn’t always mean feeling better.” – Aug 14th from the daily reader: “Hope For Today” (item # B-27).
Tag: Miracles
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: …if no one knows us as we really are, we run the risk of making ourselves victims of our own self-hatred. If we can be loved by somebody who sees us as we are, we will then be able to accept ourselves. Others rarely think we’re as bad as we think we…
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: Happiness is like a butterfly. The more I chase it, the more it eludes me! 2. It never occurred to me that the word “help” begins & ends with the letters HP! 3. Bring my problems to my Sponsor. Bring solutions to my group.
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: Memory without emotion is wisdom.
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: “The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery. There comes a leap in consciousness, call it intuition or what you will, & the solution comes to you & you don’t know how or why.” – Albert Einstein quote from “Courage to Change” (item # B-16), page 81 (March 21st).
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: I cannot worry my way to serenity.
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: “It’s an illusion that depleting myself will help someone else.” – Aug 19th from the daily reader: “Hope For Today” (item # B-27).
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: “Just for today I will adjust myself to what is, & not try to adjust everything to my own desires. …Just for today I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful & to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will…
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: Although I can’t find anything in the literature to prove she actually called herself one, I believe Lois W. was probably the very first Service Sponsor in Al-Anon.
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: For a long time I didn’t respect the disease of alcoholism. But today, if alcoholism manifested itself in 3-D & walked into an Al-Anon meeting, not only would I shake its hand in a show of respect, but I would give it a warm hug as well… because I have also forgiven the disease. …
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: “Serenity isn’t a matter of chance; it’s a matter of choice.” – Feb 4th from the daily reader: “Hope For Today” (item # B-27).
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. Step 11 is about prayer AND meditation. Not prayer OR meditation. 2. Al-Anon is unrelenting love.
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: Alcoholism is not contagious, however serenity can be! — To see the full-size pic of this quote (and others), visit: http://www.instagram.com/calchatfan1.
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: If I had gotten everything I wanted in life, I would have missed out on getting this program that changed my life!
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: Mistakes are my Higher Power’s way of showing me opportunities for growth.
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: There is no book in the library that someone can read about me to learn my needs.
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