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Healing Tip: Follow Your Convictions
"Follow your honest convictions, and stay strong." – William Thackeray, Calcutta-born 19th-century English novelist, famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair (1811-1863) It doesn’t take a whole lot of thought to figure out that most of us in recovery have a tough time following our convictions. That is, we do when we first enter [...]
Belief Makes It So – But You Can Change Your Beliefs
"Whether you think you can or think you can’t – you are right." – Henry Ford, American industrialist, founder of Ford Motor Company and founder of the modern assembly lines used in mass production of vehicles (1864-1947) There is another quote that we’ve all probably heard that also makes sense in this context. "You are [...]
Venturing into Unknown Territory
"Instead of standing on the shore and proving to ourselves that the ocean cannot carry us, let us venture on its waters – just to see." – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Jesuit priest trained as a philosopher and paleontologist, was among those who discovered the Peking Man; theological writings inspired popular culture about God’s role [...]
Life Is About Creating Yourself
"Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." – George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, novelist, art critic and ardent socialist, best-known for Pygmalion, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925 and an Oscar in 1938, for his contributions to literature and his work on the film adaptation of the play, respectively (1856-1950) [...]
Perfect Happiness
"Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness." – Chuang tzu, Chinese philosopher, also known as Chuang Chou, was the most brilliant of the early Taoists and the greatest prose writer of his time (ca. 369-ca. 286 B.C.) Many times we hear from others in recovery that there’s no such thing as perfect happiness. [...]
