“The pattern of the Great Spirit is over us all, but if we follow our own spirits from within, our pattern becomes clearer.”
– High Eagle (Native American adage of unknown ancestry)
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“Half Measures Availed Us Nothing” – Step 9
GOING ALL THE WAY- “With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the very start.” “Half measures availed us nothing.” (The Big Book, pp., 58-59)
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The Path toward Emotional Bliss that Rarely Fails to Please – Step 9
THE PATH WITHOUT RESERVATION –
“When we have finally admitted without reservation that we are powerless … we are apt to breathe a great sigh of relief, saying, “Well, thank God that’s over!” “Then we learn, … that this is only the first milestone on the new road we are walking.” (12 & 12, p. 73) on being grateful.
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How We can Do Better without “SHOULDING” All over Ourselves – Step 9
“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.” – Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC) Chinese philosopher (on courage and persistence)
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The Reasons Why “No Man is an Island” & “Every man … is a Part of the Main” – Step 9
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main;” – John Donne (1572 – 1631) English poet (on self-obsession)
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How We Make Amends for Our Most Egregious Transgressions without Shame or Reservation – Step 9
A “TRUE SPIRIT OF HUMILITY & LOVE” MENDS THE PANGS OF SHAME – “… we ask ourselves if we are doing this because we are truly sorry and have a genuine desire to make reparations … . If we answer ‘yes’ to this question, we can be assured that we are approaching our amends in the true spirit of humility and love.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 62)
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Contrary to Popular Beliefs, “Courage is … Not Absence of Fear” – Step 9
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not the absence of fear.” – Mark Twain (1835 – 1910) U.S., satirist/novelist
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Self-Acceptance Frees us to Follow our Dreams & Allow Others to do the Same – Step 9
“Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.” – Anais Nin (1903 – 1977) U.S. novelist (on self-acceptance)
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The Courage to Face Our Ego’s “Pain-Body” – Step 9
“The pain-body, which is the dark shadow cast by the ego, is actually afraid of the light of your consciousness. It is afraid of being found out. “
– Eckhart Tolle (1948 – ) German spiritual author
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How Huge, Heavy Guilt Begins to Float Away – Step 9
AS “THE HORIZON IS BECKONING ONCE MORE” – “Memories of the past no longer hold us back … . We are free to dream and to pursue the fulfillment of our dreams. Our lives stretch out before us like a limitless horizon.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 69)
“The storms of the past are receding. The skies are brightening. And the horizon is beckoning once more.” – U.S. Pres. Barack Obama (1961 – ) Energy speech 12/8/09
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