“Finally, on the seventh day, after marching around the city seven times, the horns sound, the fighting men shout, and the walls fall.” (more below on the Biblical battle for Jericho)
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What it Means to Live in the Now … Just for Today – Step 5
“If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.” ~Ajahn Chah
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Some Precautions When Sharing, ‘The Secrets that Dare Not Speak their Name’ – Step 5
“Certain distressing or humiliating memories, we tell ourselves, ought not be shared with anyone. These will remain our secret.” “We hope they’ll go to the grave with us. Yet if [our program’s] experience means anything at all, this is not only unwise, but is actually a perilous resolve.” (12 & 12, p. 56 on keeping secrets)
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The Quixotic Miracle Behind Our Whole, New “Outlook Upon Life” – Step 5
“Love arrives and in its train come ecstasies old memories of pleasure ancient histories of pain. Yet if we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.” Excerpt from Maya Angelou’s poem Touched by an Angel
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When All Else Fails, We Throw Our Hands Up and … – Step 5
“Deciding to live life on life’s terms is an endearing soul task. The immanent endearment reflects our acceptance of who we are while honoring the immensity of fate.” Paul Dunion, Huff Post Contributor Author and Psychological Healer
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The Actions with Lasting Value, Tzedakah – “a Gift from Within” – Step 5
“The ‘hidden tzaddikim’ were a group of unusually gifted and devoted Jews who, disguised as simple people, dedicated their lives to improving the plight of their Jewish brethren both spiritually and materially.” Herschel Goat
From the writings & talks of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch (on the “gift from within”)~~~
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“Our Deepest Fear is … Our Light, NOT Our Darkness” – Step 5
” … So I have been using a tool counting back from 5 to 1 in situations where it seems as though I’m afraid or being worrisome. … I find that when I focus on me in each situation I find so much love and light at the end of each day.” – Jacqueline Habhab
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“If You’re Not Outraged. Then You’re Not Paying Attention.” – Step 5
“If you’re
not outraged.
Then you’re not
paying atten-
tion.
– Heather Heyer (1985 – 2017),
U.S., woman protester killed
during KKK and affiliates
march on 8/12/2017
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When Being Proud of Our Pride doesn’t Diminish Our Humility – Step 5
From The Projector – “I have always had resistance to the old school system of reward and punishment, for example : if you do good you get nice recognition but uf you do wrong you get the wag of the finger and shame in public.” (On false pride)
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How to Rebuild Loving Connections that Heal Our Badly Broken Hearts – Step 5
“Happiness comes
more from loving than
being loved; and often
when our affection seems
wounded it is only our van-
ity bleeding. To love, and
to be hurt often, and to
love again – this is the
brave and hap-
py life.”J. E. Buckrose (1868-1931)
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