BECOMING WHOM WE WANT TO BE - "We become able to make wise and lov- ing decisions, based on principles and ideals that have real value in our lives. By shaping our thoughts with spiritual ideals, we are freed to become who we want to be." (How Al-Anon Works, p. 56) THE GLOW - "S/He has been granted a gift which amounts to a new state of consciousness and being. S/He has been set on a path which tells him /her is real- ly going somewhere, that life is not a dead end, not something to be endured or mastered.…

“Seeing your-
selves 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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“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)

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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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The Message – “One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.”

Sophocles (496 BC – 406 BC) Greek playwright of 123 plays including Oedipus Rex

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WE ARE ONE – “NA is like a lifeboat in a sea of isolation, hopelessness and destructive chaos.” “By humbling ourselves and asking for help, we can get through the toughest of times. I can’t, we can!” (The Basic Text, p. 98)

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ACCEPTANCE IN THE WORLD-AT-LARGE –

“Can we accept poverty, sickness, loneliness, and bereavement with courage and serenity?  Can we steadfastly content ourselves with the humbler, yet sometimes more durable, satisfactions when the brighter, more glittering achievements are denied us?” (12 & 12, p. 52)

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“Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, ‘Why do you not practice what you preach?’ ”

– Saint Jerome (347 AD – 419 AD) Bible translator

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