Thought for today: Do you eve stop and think about what the soundtrack of your life sounds like? Is it classical/ instrumental, mild/ easy listening, metal/ angst, rap/ obscenity. Music, in fact all art, expresses the truth of a particular moment, and that gives it a power all its own. Our internal “theme song”, whether […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: Why do we wait so very long before inviting a Higher Power to help us with our problems? We seem to exhaust all other options first. If we are honest with ourselves we may find it’s because we secretly enjoy indulging in self-pity, resentment, and longing in “quiet desperation” for a solution […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: A member shares: “I do private coaching and most of my students are all extremely wealthy. I would drive through gates of never-ending driveways, and approach their mansions feeling both jealousy and inadequacy at the same time. There I was, arriving in my humble sedan to coach someone worth a lot more […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: Although it is try that time and money are finite, we should always remember that there are almost infinite possibilities for how we spend them. And we have the power of choice. DA promise Seven: “We will recognize that there is enough; our resources will be generous and we will share them […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: DA earns our trust over time when we let it. Early on, a member hands us a newcomer’s packet. Another identifies with our share and sparks a conversation after a meeting. We get a sponsor to guide us through the steps. We eventually ask two members to be our Pressure Relief Group. […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: Science tells us that the universe would not be possible if all its elements were perfect. It is the imbalances in nature that caused the friction that sparked the Big Bang and the colliding planets and stars that led to us, among other things. In this sense, imperfection is the perfect means […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: A prosperous liger is available in DA when we work the DA Tools and DA Steps. Prosperity takes work But most of us have gone through periods of feeling too overwhelmed by life to do the work we know we need to do. How do we get back on track (or on […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: With newfound and growing clarity around our numbers, we commence enjoying life again. Miraculously, our needs are being met, and we feel content just knowing we are not debting. We appreciate the things we own. We appreciate public spaces more than ever. Old feelings of lack and deprivation give way to gratitude […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: How often we made decisions based on the needs of others, instead of ourselves! While this can be an admirable quality when done thoughtfully and with right motives, we took it to an extreme. We usually felt unworthy, like strangers in a strange land where other people were allowed to act in […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: We turn now to the DA promises. It is said that pain is inevitable; suffering, optional. We who despaired over debt and have found DA can relate. There was no escape from our despair. It came right after the creditors called us at dinner time. We feared opening the mail. Life became […]
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