Monthly Archives: March 2013

Today, the only questions I need to ask in any given situation I am in are “what am I meant to learn here, how do I need to grow here, what is life trying to teach me?

If I feel bad inside about something I did, I will be less hard on myself today. I cannot change all at once. When I beat myself up on the inside, eventually I look for a culprit. I can’t bear the feelings I am having so I want to blame them on someone else. I

There is nothing in my day that is more important than my serenity. It is my responsibility to maintain and attend to it. Whatever I do in the world, my serenity comes first. I owe it to no one. I will pay attention today to the myriad of ways in which I am thrown off

Today I am part of a program that is bigger than me, bigger than anyone. I am entering into a group wisdom that has developed slowly and over time, that has been passed with love, commitment, pain, sweat and deep joy from one hand to another. This is a program that is owned by no

I have a right to my own life. If I don’t live my life fully, it will simply not be lived, because no one else can live it for me. I cannot bequeath it to anyone else to live on my behalf. If I don’t sing my song it will remain unsung, because no one

I will start where I am. I will start from today, from this minute and the one that follows. And when I fall down, disappoint myself or let others down,  I will pick myself up, promptly admit it and start again. Life is full of chances if I am willing to take them, filled with

I can set a boundary. It may not be easy and it may not feel great, but I can do it. I can sit with the reality of the boundary I have set so that I don’t   boomerang into action to undo it when it feels unfamiliar, scary or anxiety provoking. I have a right

If I don’t help myself today no one else will, no one else can People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find

I am leaving this disease behind me. I cannot get where I need and want to go dragging it any more. What I used to accept as business as usual, I see today as a legacy of dysfunction, a legacy that I don’t need or want to continue. I have been trying to fix this