“How he does cher-
ish the thought that man,
risen so majestically from a
single cell in the primordial
ooze, is the spearhead of evol-
ution and therefore the only
god that his universe knows!
Must he renounce all this
to save himself?” (12 &
12, p.25 on the
darkness)
Today’s Full SFZ
“The full fruit of a labor of love lives in the harvest, and that always comes in its right season …” (The Basic Text, p. xxi)
“It’s not that
some people have
willpower and some
don’t. It’s that some
people are ready to
change and others
are not.”
– James Gordon, M.D. – holistic healer
“If one speaks or acts
with a cruel mind, misery
follows, as the cart follows
the horse … .
– the Dhammapada (circa 500 BC) a version of Buddhist scripture
From Rose – “In a time of COVID, loneliness is one of the most prevalent emotions … . Recently, I melded the two worlds together and now my online friends are friends with my school friends, and to see the possibilities of the internet and create a community of my friends during this time brought a lot of security and strength to me.”
“Said she, ‘I will not live with grief from morrow unto morrow.
My heart cries out for some relief, ‘Good-bye, my little sorrow.’
When they entered the judge’s chamber the dog began to shiver with the cold.
“See how he trembles, Your Honor,” said the porcupine. “Isn’t that a sure sign of guilt?” (full story below)
From Paul D. “I belong in the AA fellowship and The Art House fellowship. I am comfortable in my own skin today. One day at a time.”
“Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.” Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Roman philosopher