Thought for today: When we first join DA we may hear a lot about abundance and wonder why. But for many of us, it’s a foreign concept. The universe has an abundant supply of everything we need to succeed and be happy, and as long as our focus is on spiritual things, material and emotional […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: A member shares about how DA helps them develop action plans: “Sometimes I take on too many commitments. It’s like I need to de-clutter my to do list! I am learning in DA to delegate whenever necessary, and not do for others what they could do for themselves. “I also ask myself […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: Many of us lost our faith during our debting days. Where was God, if not in our overspending, or in the rush of the quick-fix payday loan? That old illusion and euphoria of a spending binge was not God, but for a moment it felt like it was. It quickly faded, and […]
Continue reading →Thought for today: A member shares about what life was like before DA: “I had a problem with the truth. I would lie on credit applications to borrow money, I would lie to family members about how serious the money situation was. Little did they all know how desperate I felt inside every waking minute. […]
Continue reading →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 […]
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