Green and Always Growing

When we do not adore God, we adore something else. Money and power are false idols which often take the place of God.

— Pope Francis —

“When we do not adore God, we adore something else. Money and power are false idols which often take the place of God.” ~Pope Francis

Your Path

Don't think you're on the right road just because it’s a well-beaten path.

— Unknown —

Don’t think you’re on the right road just because it’s a well-beaten path…

Change, Accept, Move

When faced with a situation we do not like, we can change it, accept it or move on...

— JMeyer —

When faced with a situation we do not like, we can change it, accept it or move on…

You Become What You See

Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success.

— Unknown —

Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success…

Pick Up Your Mat and Walk

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.

— Les Brown —

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else…

Right

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

— Mark Twain —

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other…

Under Your Feet

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.

— James Oppenheim —

Reflection I believe the “foolish man” Oppenheim is talking about is the person who seeks happiness through the “happenings” in their life. If you need to buy happiness, make friends for happiness, be famous for happiness, or look anywhere other than under your feet for happiness…Houston, you have a problem. Question Do you seek your…

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Start and Continue Being

Stop waiting for the person you want to become and start being the person you want to be.

— Bruce Springsteen —

Reflection When I saw the opening quote, I went back several years to a conversation with a former college friend. I was new in recovery, and he was struggling with addiction. He could tell something had changed in me and he wanted that change to happen to him. He used the word “need” several times…

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Did Not Didn’t

Everything that exists in your life does so because of two things: something you did or something you didn't do.

— Einstein —

Everything that exists in your life does so because of two things: something you did or something you didn’t do…