AA has saved many lives, but it has also given us a prayer that has saved many a soul. The serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.   I think we could all use a healthy dose of serenity right now. I certainly…

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In football the teams play four quarters, in tennis one plays more than one point, but two to five sets. Although determining the winner may come down to the final play, point, or a penalty kick seldom in sport is not the total performance over time the measure of the athlete. I remember watching film…

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When you ask someone a question are you really listening to their answer or are you just waiting to jump in and answer your own question? I certainly know people who do the above all the time. Their question is simply an entree’ to a subject they want to show off how much they know…

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  Eventually we will find (mostly in retrospect, of course) that we can be very grateful to those people who have made life most difficult for us. — Ayya Khema, “When the Iron Eagle Flies”   Practically every time I speak I am asked, “Why aren’t you bitter?” How can you speak so kindly about these who prosecuted…

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  I have reached an age where childhood is no longer a vivid memory, but I remember feelings, images, and smells. My grandmother’s kitchen was one of the most comfortable places I ever experienced. Love there was expressed not by words but by activity, the smells of something always on the stove, and the licking…

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