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There’s Always Room for Improvement
"There isn’t a person anywhere who isn’t capable of doing more than he thinks he can." – Henry Ford, American industrialist, founder of the Ford Motor Company and developer of the modern automotive assembly line (1863-1947) When we think about the world’s greatest inventors, the poets and actors and religious and other leaders that have [...]
On Brightness and Staying Positive
"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow." – Helen Keller, American author, political activist, and lecturer, the first deaf blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, went on to inspire millions, depicted in The Miracle Worke (1880-1968) Feel the warmth of sunshine on our faces. Even with our [...]
The Value of Hard Work in Recovery
"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; ’tis dearness only that gives everything its value." – Thomas Paine, American intellectual, scholar, author, pamphleteer, radical, inventor and revolutionary, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, author of Common Sense, The Crisis, The [...]
How to Put Fear at Rest
"Of course people are afraid. But honestly facing that fear, seeing it for what it is, is the only way of putting it to rest." – Harvey Fierstein, three-time Tony Award winner, actor, writer and Gay Rights activist (born 1952) Let’s face it. We all have fear at some point in our lives. We are, [...]
Uncharted Territory
"There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms." – George Eliot, the pseudonym of novelist, translator and religious writer Mary Ann Evans, one of the leading writers of the Victorian era (1819-1880) In recovery, we learn a [...]
