From feeling sorry for ourselves to pouring a drink, the “poor me, pour me” cycle is a dangerous path. Find out how to break free from this destructive pattern.
gratitude
Leavening Your Day with Gratitude
Find out how a small amount of gratitude can grow and multiply, just like yeast in bread dough.
The Grateful Heart is Not Controlling
Explore the power of gratitude in relinquishing control and managing ego. Learn how a grateful heart can bring contentment and acceptance to your life.
The Unexpected Gift of Bad Gratitude
How a single moment of bad gratitude transformed my negative emotions into positive ones and created a powerful shift in my attitude and well-being.
Got the t-shirt
The subject of the conversation was ‘people-pleasing.’ The topic had come up at our Home Group Tuesday night, which we had attended the night before.
As we talked, we saw the topic, which is very common at AA meetings, was more profound than we realized.
I started by saying, “I needed people to like me; I craved approval and affection.”
Reminders and alarms
The Muslims have a great habit of prayer reminders. Five times a day they are called to prayer by an outside source.
I need the same reminder system to re-focus my thoughts upon God. I forget Him easily. A lesson that the ancient Muslim leaders apparently recognized.