“You ask me why I do not write something … . I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words, they ought all to be distilled into actions and into actions which bring results.” – Florence Nightingale (1820 – 1910) English nurse in the Crimean War on getting into action
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“There is no greater joy nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone’s life.”
– Sister Mary Rose Mc Geady (1928 – ) rebuilder of Covenant House for teens in crisis
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How have you experienced your own “Big Pay Back” of joy lately?
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‘PROGRESS, NOT PERFECTION’ – “The point is, that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines. The principles we have set down are guides to progress. We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection.” (The Big Book, p. 60)
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When has the motto ‘progress, not perfection’ been useful in your life lately?
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A LIFE IN FULL SERVICE OF OTHERS – “Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends – this is an experience you must not miss. We know you will not want to miss it.” (The Big Book, p. 89)
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How have you discovered “the meaning of life” along your spiritual journey lately?
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“Synchronicity:
A meaningful coin-
cidence of two or more
events where something
other than the prob-
ability of chance
is involved.”
– Carl Jung (1875 – 1961) Swiss psychologist
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“Seeing yourselves from the perspective of the spirit within will help you to remember why you came here and what you came here to do.” – Neale Donald Walsch (1943 – ), U.S. author re: spiritual awakening
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What have your own “conversations” with your higher power revealed about your own purpose on earth, lately?
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“The morality we have lived by was fragmentary only. We must abandon it in favor of the complete, all-embracing love expressed in ‘reverence for all life.’ ” – Albert Schweitzer (1875 – 1965) Franco-German Theologian & Medical missionary on unconditional love
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GETTING ‘RIGHT-SIZED’ AS WE FIND OUR CENTER –
“Where before we went from one extreme to another, either feeling better than everyone else or feeling worthless, we now find the middle ground where true self-worth can flourish.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 74) (on ambition)
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“The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.”
– Mother Teresa (1910 – 1997), Macedonian Missionary & Saint
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