“Courage
starts with
showing up and
letting ourselves be seen.”
– Brene Brown (1965 – ) U.S. professor / author

“Courage
starts with
showing up and
letting ourselves be seen.”
– Brene Brown (1965 – ) U.S. professor / author

“The sons of Adam are limbs of each other. Having been created of one essence. When the calamity of time affects one limb, the other limbs cannot remain at rest. If thou hast no sympathy for the troubles of others, thou art unworthy to be called by the name of man [or woman].” – Sa’di Shirazi (1184 – 1283/1291) Persian poet (on being human)

WE ASK FOR HELP – We neither grovel … nor do we demand … .” “We may [however] pray, meditate, visualize, write, speak aloud, or sing our requests. But whatever form we choose, we communicate our desire to be free from excess baggage. We simply speak from the heart.” (How Al Anon Works, p. 57)

“I was spiritually bankrupt, and when that happens, it’s like a spiritual cancer afflicts you.” – Mel Gibson (1956 – ) Australian actor / director

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frighten us.” – Marianne Williamson (1952 – ) U.S. Spiritual author

“Those who cannot
remember the past are
condemned to repeat it.”
– George Santayana (1863 – 1952)
Spanish-American philosopher

GO FOR THE PREMIUM FUEL – “When the Twelfth Step is seen in its full implication, it is really talking about the kind of love that has no price tag on it.” (12 & 12, p. 106) on flow

“I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.” – Mother Teresa (1910 – 1997) Macedonian Missionary & Saint

“Life is now. There was never a time when your life was not now, nor will there ever be.” – Eckhart “Ulrich” Tolle (1948 – ) spiritual teacher

ON FRIENDSHIPS AND REACHING OUT – “Recovery becomes a contact process; [w[e lose the fear of touching and of being touched. We learn that a simple, loving hug can make all the difference in the world when we feel alone. We experience real love and real friendship.” (The Basic Text, p. 91)