“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.” – Jane Austen (1775 – 1817) English novelist and social commentator
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BREATHE – “Here we ask God [or our H.P.* ] for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. [W]e don’t struggle. We are often surprised how the right answers come after we have tried this for a while.” (The Big Book, p. 86)
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From Margot E.: “I rush about frantically! I am running, running, running…from what? Myself? My own thoughts? My own pain? I am learning to slow down. Every thought does not require an action. I am learning to be still. [I] am learning to sit in the silence. I am learning to listen in the stillness and the silence for the voice of my Higher Power. The voice says, “You are never alone.”’ (on peace of mind)
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“But if I can go through what I went through, if I can still live and go through that pain for life on earth to change for the best, let it be.” – Immacullee Ilibagiza ( 1972 – ) Rwandan-Tutsi survivor & author on the price of pain
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“What was freely given to me, I freely give.”
– Lauryn Hill (1975 – ) U.S., recording artist
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“One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.”
– Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948) – India Independence Movement Leader from British rule
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“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.” Lin Yutang (1895 – 1976) writer & inventor of the 1st Chinese typewriter
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“The Serenity Prayer, to me, is the most beautiful prayer and poem ever written. It keeps me out of so much trouble. It is small enough not to slip into my pocket or purse, but to slip into my heart. I carry it with me and pull it out whenever I detect I am in trouble. I am learning to pull it out in times of gratitude as well: ‘God, thank you for granting me…’
Namaste” (From Margot E. Zonr Post)
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“There was a sense of victory, followed by such a peace and serenity as I had never known. There was utter confidence. I felt lifted up, as though the great clean wind of a mountain top blew through and through.” (The Big Book, p. 14)
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“With this faith we
will be able to hew out
of the mountain of despair
a stone of hope.”
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 – 1968) “I Have a Dream” speech (1963)
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