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On Making Your Life Experience Deeper
"It is not length of life, but depth of life." – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, poet, lecturer and philosopher, led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century (1803-1882) We’ve all known people who seem to be superficial, who say one thing and do another. They are shallow, using glib words designed to impress or [...]
On Growing and Taking Chances
"There is simply no way you can grow without taking chances." – David Viscott, American psychiatrist, author, businessman and media personality (1938-1996) Many of us like a sure thing. We don’t want to rock the boat and we certainly don’t want to go out on a limb and take any unnecessary chances. Well, guess what? [...]
Where Luck Fits in Recovery
"I’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it." – Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and founder of the University of Virginia (1743-1826) Sometimes it’s awfully tempting to [...]
Is There a Rainbow in Your Future in Recovery?
"The true harvest of my life is intangible – a little star dust caught, a portion of the rainbow I have clutched." – Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet and philosopher (1817-1862) Who doesn’t love a rainbow? The colors are so magnificent, and the whole unexpectedness of the rainbow itself is a cause for wonder [...]
Hurt by Name-Calling? How to Get Over Others’ Insensitivity
"It is…axiomatic that we should all think of ourselves as being more sensitive than other people because, when we are insensitive in our dealings with others, we cannot be aware of it at the time: conscious insensitivity is a self-contradiction." – W. H. Auden, English-born American poet, dramatist and editor, became a hero of the [...]
