Quotes

[dwmoeller]

Before sunlight can shine through a window, the blinds must be raised.

- An American Proverb

[dwmoeller]

Learn from the Past...
Live in the Present...
Plan for the Future.

[MajestyJo]

SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO GIVE A FRIEND A PIGGY BACK RIDE! IT'S CALLED, BEING OF SERVICE.

Service comes in many forms. For many years, I went into the jails, detox, treatment centers, senior centers, shared my story at meetings and anniversaries, and now I get to share with people around the world on the internet. What a blessing it is to be of service.

I was told to take my recovery out of the rooms of recovery and bring it into my home and into the community.

A smile goes along way. A hug gives good feelings and makes my day. I wouldn't be clean and sober today if it wasn't for service. It started early in recovery, when I could open my mouth and say, "Hi! My name is JoAnne and I am an alcoholic."

[MajestyJo]

~ Your Cross ~



Whatever your cross,
whatever your pain,
There will always be sunshine
after the rain.

Perhaps you may stumble,
you might even fall,
But God's always ready
to answer your call.

He knows every heartache,
sees every tear,
A word from His lips
can calm every fear.

Your sorrows may linger
throughout the night,
But suddenly vanish
at dawn's early light.

The Savior is waiting
somewhere above,
To give you His grace
and send you His love.

Whatever your cross,
whatever your pain,
God always sends rainbows
after the rain.

Angelwinks

[MajestyJo]

Day in and day out you make the world a better place to be. And the people who are lucky enough to be in your life are the ones who get to see that you're a very wonderful person with a truly gifted touch. You go a million miles out of your way and always do so much... to make sure that other lives are easier and filled with happiness.

You're a special person who deserves more thanks than this could ever say.

- Jenn Davids

[MajestyJo]

Today's Daily Inspiration

Do not waste any time disliking who you are because of something you can no longer do anything about. Lord, help me to forgive myself all shortcomings of the past that I still hold on to and rather make the very best of this moment.

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Today's Daily Inspiration

Be yourself in all that you do and you will soon learn that you are very special. Lord, help me find the peace that You have already placed within my soul.

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Prayer is very powerful, but your life can be a living prayer.

- Sylvia Browne

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Today's Daily Inspiration

No matter who you are, it is your right to have peace. Lord, help me stay on my own path to peace and to turn my back on the distractions that are so intent on keeping me from it.

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Today's Daily Inspiration

For everyone there is a way to serve and honor God in this life on earth. Lord, let me seize every opportunity, no matter how small, to glorify You, make you better known and always bring myself and others closer to You.

Today's Daily Inspiration

If you are able to accept the hand of love that God extends to you, you will be able to free yourself of fears and show the full beauty of your inner spirit. Lord, we all suffer from weaknesses of one kind or another, so in our moments of strength, we ask that we may offer help, not judgment, to those who need it.

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" As intelligent as a person may be, lacking humility can make them imbecilic. Growth requires patience, reflection, accountability and quite often SILENCE as we need to LISTEN to those who came before us, to learn from their wisdom as well as their mistakes."
Written in 2014 by Erica Brown --- Michigan
Sometimes people get so wrapped up in titles that they forget that someone held the position before they did. We need to be humble and take guidance from others not only for a better outcome, but out of respect for the person who opened the door for you to walk through.
Motivate Us

Something I posted in 2011 on another site.

[MajestyJo]

Today's Daily Inspiration

You cannot really listen to someone and do something else at the same time. Lord, teach me to truly pay attention when someone speaks to me because it is in listening that I will gain wisdom.

Today's Daily Inspiration

Accept yourself for who you are because who you are has a purpose and an important reason for being. Lord, Your love for me makes me special and lovable.

Today's Daily Inspiration

Life will be so much easier if you can accept that things don't always go as planned and see that these are often magnificent opportunities. Lord, help me learn from the occurrences of today that seem to go awry and show me how to make the situation better through my own flexibility and creativity.

Today's Daily Inspiration

Allow your mind to become quiet and less judgmental and you will feel improvements in all areas of your life. Lord, help my mind avoid twisting the words I hear and misjudging the intentions of others in order to justify my own righteousness. Help me to spread Your peace.

[MajestyJo]

Until we have transcended any negative causation, we have set into motion we shall suffer. This is why, we should do to others what we would like them to do to us.

In this law alone we can find exact justice.

- Donna Zajonc

Please include link back to Antesian Road To Enlightenment in forwarded material antesianroadtoenlightenment-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

[MajestyJo]

Time for Joy - Book - Quote

I am beginning to trust myself today. There is a place deep within me that tells me that I am okay and guides me along my path in recovery.

I am getting to know myself today. I accept who I am today. I like myself today.

Today I know that I can get through anything that happens in this day with the help of my Higher Power.

I have the right to have my needs met. In order to have them met, I am expressing them to the people who can help me today.

Today I trust the positive and loving people to whom I am attracted. Today I am free to share from my heart, knowing that what I say will be treated with love and respect.

There is something special waiting for me to do with this day. I know that when it is time I will be inspired from a place deep within myself. I trust that I will know what to do when the time is right.

Today I'm willing to share all of me with another human being.

I'm willing to trust that this process will free me from the burdens of my past. I am ready to let go.

Today I can look back with love in my heart, knowing that every moment, every experience of my life has been necessary, valuable and significant.

Whatever I am thinking right now is creating how I am feeling. I turn to positive and loving thoughts because I choose to feel good.

When I have done all the footwork I know to do and things are still not working out, I know today that it is time to meditate. I have faith that my answer is still to come.

[MajestyJo]

http://www.divinepeace.com/yellow/Go...low_Pages.html

Received with thanks from my friend Carey

When you click on a flower, it will give you a verse for today. Different feelings are listed with a Bible reference.

Love
Luke 10:27
1 Corinthians 13

Friends...

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/...-4&version=NIV

From my old site: Caressa's Spiritual Place

[MajestyJo]

I Thought Love Was Just A Mirage Of The Mind...
It's An Illusion,
It's Fake
And Impossible To Find...

But The Day I Met You,
I Began To See...
That Love Is Real,
And It Exists In Me... :-)

- SMS Lunatics

[dwmoeller]

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow; it only saps today of its strength. - A.J. Cronin

[MajestyJo]

A good one, and so true. It sometimes feels normal to worry, and yet on the whole it is a lack of faith when you go deep and get to the bottom of things. It really isn't about the other person, it is about us. We can't blame them for our feelings and as they say, just because I have a feeling, doesn't mean I have to act on it.

[MajestyJo]

Psalm 103:2-4
Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits-- who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,

[MajestyJo]

Psalm 147:3
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.