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Jul
Posted by Mark Schmitz in Life, Personal Growth, Spirituality. Tagged: Life, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Taking Care of Yourself, Taking Responsibility for Your Own Life. 1 Comment
The real sin against life is to destroy beauty,
even one’s own – even more one’s own, for that has been
put in our care, and we are responsible for its well-being.
~Katherine Anne Porter ~
A good way to start each day is by asking, “What can I do to take care of myself today?” To ask [...]
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Jul
Posted by Mark Schmitz in Addiction, Gay, Lesbian Bi-sexual, Transgendered, Queer [GLBTQ], Life, Life's Lessons, Opinions, Personal Growth, Recovery, Spirituality. Tagged: Addiction, Gay, Lesbian Bi-sexual, Transgendered, Queer [GLBTQ], Life, Life's Lessons, Opinions, Personal Growth, Recovery, SA, Sex Addict, Sex Addicts Anonymous, Sexual Expression, Sexual Identity, Sexuality, Spirituality. Leave a Comment
O Body swayed to music,
O brightening glance
How can we know the dancer
from the dance?
- W.B. Yeats -
Sexuality is not something we do, but it’s part of who we are. We are physical, intellectual, emotional, sexual and spiritual individuals, and all parts are equally important. To consider sexuality as energy, [...]
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Jul
Posted by Mark Schmitz in Addiction, Change, Life, Opinions, Personal Growth, Recovery, Spirituality. Tagged: 12 Step Program, addict, Addiction, Change, Drug Addiction, growth, Life, Opinions, Personal Growth, Recovery, Spirituality, This is who I am. Leave a Comment
Human misery must somewhere have a stop:
There is no wind that always blows a storm.
~Euripides ~
It’s easy to think we’ll always be in the same boat, that our characters are fixed, our habits unalterable. “This is who I am. You can take me or leave me.” I know that when I find myself [...]
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