“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)
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From the Dark, Dank Recesses of Our Soul, a Special Gift May Emerge – Step 6
“Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer.” – excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven
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The Times When “Progress, Not Perfection” Leads to Greater Enlightenment – Step 6
From BYRON – “Some indicators I use to gauge my spiritual progression definitely are all internal. I grew up not learning how to regulate my emotions and learned to be reactive to survive. I now know I’m growing in handling situations as an observer though I still get setbacks at times. Progress not perfection I am aware. …”
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Get Ready to be “Consumed by the Fire of [Your] Own Creativity” – Step 6
“Why ask for something before we are ready for it? This would be asking for trouble. So many times addicts have sought the rewards of hard work without the labor.” (The Basic Text, p. 33)
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The Badge of Honor that Keeps Us Coming Back … Even from the Farthest Star – Step 6
“… in Steps One through Three, we were given the basic tools we need to negotiate the path of recovery.” “On this spiritual foundation, we lay the principles of commitment and perseverance as we work the Sixth Step.” (It Works, How & Why, p. 44)
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“It’s Not that Some People Have Willpower and Some Don’t ” – Step 6 Begins
“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
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Let’s Flip the Misery and Truly Be “Happy, Joyous, & Free” – Step 5
“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
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How to Identify the “Flaws which Sometimes were Responsible for the Whole Pattern of Our Lives.” – Step 5
“We can go far beyond those things which were superficially wrong with us, to see those flaws which were basic, flaws which sometimes were responsible for the whole pattern of our lives.” (12 & 12, p. 80)~~~
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Great Apes Wisdom Passed Down from One Generation to the Next – Step 5
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.”
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The Spiritual Talisman that Fulfills Our Wildest Dreams – Step 5
“When we
forget the ef-
fort and the work
that it took us to get
a period of freedom in
our lives, a lack of gra-
titude sinks in, and
self-destruction be-
gins again.” (The
Basic Text, p.
81)
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