Browsing all posts in December, 2011.
Cheerfulness and Serenity
"Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity." – Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright and politician (1672-1719) Wouldn’t we all like to be cheerful each and every day? Does such a way of greeting the world seem like an impossibility, especially if we [...]
How Strong Is Your Hope?
"Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realized joy could be." – Friedrich Nietzsche, 19th century German philosopher, poet, composer and classical philologist who challenged the foundations of Christianity and traditional morality (1844-1900) If we thought too much about having high hopes for our recovery before we began the process [...]
On Belief and Being
"We are what we believe we are." – C. S. Lewis, novelist, essayist, literary critic, best-known as the author of The Chronicles of Narnia (1898-1963) Many of us don’t really like ourselves too much. This is most notably the case when we first enter recovery, carrying with us all the baggage from our past and [...]
With Respect to Challenges and Victory
"Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory." – General George S. Patton, American general in World War I and II (1885-1945) Whenever we think of General George S. Patton, those of us who know our history, that is, many of us will have an image of George C. Scott, the late [...]
Be Willing To Love
"Love is an emotion of extremes. It challenges our patience, our understanding and our resources. It heightens our perceptions, and increases our energy and vitality. It is not for the easily defeated or the quickly disillusioned. If we are determined to be lovers, we shall have to accept and acknowledge our passions. Of course, we [...]
