The following ideas have helped me.

-George drives George crazy. I cannot blame any one else. All other people ever do is reveal my hidden craziness.

-The always present dark side of my people pleasing is my resentment.

-If I meditate without following up with obedience, I end up with spiritual pride. If I try to obey without the power meditation brings to me, I end up with legalism. That is why I love the wisdom of the 11th step.

-Faith is a time word. If I have faith, I know that my good deeds will bring positive results, even if the results do not mature for 200 years.

-Retreat is wonderful and a necessary part of me taking care of myself. However, to me, isolation always self-destructive.

-The question I need to ask myself is not “What action will make me comfortable?” If what I want is fullness of life, the appropriate question is “What is the most alive thing I can do at this moment?”

-Suppression of my sexuality is never healthy for me.

-One of the most wonderful discoveries I have recently made is that my Higher Power loves the idea of me being completely fulfilled sexually.

-I give up trying to resolve myself into healthy eating. I need to ask for Higher Power help all day each day.

-My life is only unmanageable to me. It is fully manageable by a partnership between my Higher Power and me. God provides the power when I am ready to grow.

If I draw a line across a map of California, all I would have is some ink spread in a long, narrow mark on a piece of paper. It would mean nothing to anyone, including me.I have long felt that the ink line on the Map of the U.S. and Mexico representing the border, has about as much meaning to the Kingdom of God as my line on the map of California.

The brotherhood of man is no longer a religious or philosophical abstraction. It has become a political, social and spiritual necessity. We will have to actualize the concept, The Brotherood of Man, if mankind has any hope for a decent future,

The following ideas have helped me.

-The price I pay for the privilege I have of living in this incredibly enjoyable world, is the work I have to do to make the bad stuff work for me.

-I am in the world to care, not to cure.

-There is a difference between being childlike and being childish.

-In childhood, there here is a difference between responsibility and maturity. The fact that I carried huge responsibilities as a boy, inhibited my normal maturation process.

-There is a difference between between being judgemental and having good judgement.

-When I am anxious, the thoughts I hear at a meeting are healthier than the thoughts circling in my head.

-Since God created the material world and the spiritual world, God is neither material or spiritual and above both. That suggests that we can be above both the spiritual and material world. We can be godly. The way godliness works out for me, is the 11th step.

-When I am with my three year old Granddaughter, the first thing she usually says is,”Let’s have fun”!                                                                                                                                               That sounds like a very powerful life goal for me.

-”I am stuck” is both untrue and damaging for me. I always have alternatives.

-Saying, “I am stuck” tells me I am not living one day at a time. I have no idea what tomorrow will bring. If I live the spiritual life consistently, I could be living in London next year for all I know.