“Sanity often means
that we don’t act on our
first impulse. We begin to
make  choices  that help us
rather than harm us.”  “By be-
ing open minded, we’ve opened
ourselves to new ideas.  We’ve
stepped away from the prob-
lem and toward a spiritual
solution.” (How Al Anon
Works, p. 47)

“Sometimes
incompetence is
useful. It helps you
keep an open
mind.

Roberto Cavalli (1940 – ) Italian inventor / fashion designer

How have you been open to seeking spiritual solutions, lately?

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Life is a Highway – Rascal Flatts (5:05)

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“And in the sweet-
ness of friendship let
there be laughter and the
sharing of pleasures. For in
the dew of little things the
heart finds its morning
and is refreshed.”

– Khalil Gibran (1883 – 1931) Lebanese-American, world-renown poet

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OTHERWISE, SELF-WILL ENDS & COMPULSION BEGINS –

“Like self-starvation
with  food or compul-
sive  debting or hoard-
ing with money, depriva-
tion with  sex  can make
one feel  powerful  and
defended  against  all
hurts.” (Sexual Anor-
exia, p. 1)

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“By bringing about a change in our outlook toward things and events, all phenomena can become sources of happiness.”  – Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama (1935 – ) On being happy

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“Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain.”  – Paulo Coelho (1947 – ) Brazilian novelist/lyricist on paying the price

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“Honesty is
the first chapter
of the book of wisdom.”

– Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826) U.S. President

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“This is the bitterest pain among men [and women], to have much knowledge but no power.” Herodotus (484 BC – 425 BC) Greek, Historian

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GIVING COMFORT AND UNDERSTANDING – “He thought it better to give comfort than to receive it; better to understand than to be understood; better to forgive than to be forgiven.” (12 & 12, p. 101)

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“But we need not fear that we can lose anything by the progress of the soul. The soul may be trusted to the end.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882) U.S. Poet, Transcendentalist and lecturer on the unknown

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“The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities … . It is best to win without fighting.”- Sun-tzu (~400 BC) Chinese general & military strategist on how best to achieve a surrender

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