What it Means to be Living in the Now … Just for Today – Step 5
“If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.” ~Ajahn Chah
Some Precautions When Sharing, ‘The Secrets that Dare Not Speak their Name’ – Step 5
“Certain distressing or humiliating memories, we tell ourselves, ought not be shared with anyone. These will remain our secret.” “We hope they’ll go to the grave with us. Yet if [our program’s] experience means anything at all, this is not only unwise, but is actually a perilous resolve.” (12 & 12, p. 56 on keeping secrets)
The Quixotic Miracle Behind Our Whole, New “Outlook Upon Life” – Step 5
“Love arrives and in its train come ecstasies old memories of pleasure ancient histories of pain. Yet if we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.” Excerpt from Maya Angelou’s poem Touched by an Angel
When All Else Fails, We Throw Our Hands Up and … – Step 5
“Deciding to live life on life’s terms is an endearing soul task. The immanent endearment reflects our acceptance of who we are while honoring the immensity of fate.” Paul Dunion, Huff Post Contributor Author and Psychological Healer
The Actions with Lasting Value, Tzedakah – “a Gift from Within” – Step 5
“The ‘hidden tzaddikim’ were a group of unusually gifted and devoted Jews who, disguised as simple people, dedicated their lives to improving the plight of their Jewish brethren both spiritually and materially.” Herschel Goat
From the writings & talks of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch (on the “gift from within”)
“Our Deepest Fear is … Our Light, NOT Our Darkness” – Step 5
” … So I have been using a tool counting back from 5 to 1 in situations where it seems as though I’m afraid or being worrisome. … I find that when I focus on me in each situation I find so much love and light at the end of each day.” – Jacqueline Habhab
“If You’re Not Outraged. Then You’re Not Paying Attention.” – Step 5
“Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.” (Zonr excerpt from the poem on injustice by Langston Hughes)
When Being Proud of Our Pride doesn’t Diminish Our Humility – Step 5
From The Projector – “I have always had resistance to the old school system of reward and punishment, for example : if you do good you get nice recognition but uf you do wrong you get the wag of the finger and shame in public.” (On false pride)
How to Rebuild Loving Connections that Heal Our Badly Broken Hearts – Step 5
“I loved you, and I probably still do, And for a while, the feeling may remain … ” excerpt from Pushkin poem on the Zonr post.
Why It’s So Vital that We Speak about Our Shame & Mistakes Aloud to Someone We Trust – Step 5
From The Projector – “I spoke with my sponsor and a therapist. I had to speak about how ashamed of going back to my social circle.. it is so embarrassing at this point because im new again.” (On being ashamed)
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