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You can’t change reality but you can change your attitude toward it.

When reality messes up my fantasies, I pause and
Ask my Higher Power to guide my thoughts.

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By Shelly Marshall
The author of 'Day By Day' & other Meditation Books

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If you are looking for the perfect group before you join a home group, then you are going to be homeless

My home group members are not perfect and neither
Am I, so we suit each other perfectly.

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By Shelly Marshall
The author of 'Day By Day' & other Meditation Books

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If something is right, it can be done. If it is wrong, it can be done without.

I can do that!

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By Shelly Marshall
The author of 'Day By Day' & other Meditation Books

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Before spiritual awaken-ing...work steps, make coffee, carry the message. After spiritual awakening...keep working steps, keep making coffee, keep carrying the message. -Zen for the 12 Steps-

Enlightment is my ego’s greatest disappointment.

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By Shelly Marshall
The author of ' Day By Day' & other Meditation Books


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Emotions are influenced by our interactions with others. How we signal others greatly influences how they respond to us.

If I am constantly being mistreated, I am probably
Co-operating with the treatments.

The Pocket Sponsor
By Shelly Marshall
The author of ' Day By Day' & other Meditation Books

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Each person you meet is in a specific stage of their life, a stage you may have passed through or not yet reached. Judging them by your standards and experience is therefore not only unfair, but could lead to unnecessary anger and frustration. (P 135, Alkiespeak)

I practice tolerance by putting up with
Those I’d like to put down.

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By Shelly Marshall
The author of ' Day By Day' & other Meditation Books

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Doing the next right thing in the face of a tricky situation is not a choice you can run away from. As the saying goes: Wherever you go, there you are.

I do the next right thing first,
So the “situation” doesn’t last.

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By Shelly Marshall
The author of ' Day By Day' & other Meditation Books

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It is true that some people have caused us great harm. Yet those who have injured us have only done what they knew, given the circumstances of their life. Forgiving means to stop feeling resentment. Forgiving means letting go.

If I don’t let go, I will lose my grip.

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By Shelly Marshall
The author of ' Day By Day' & other Meditation Books

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Some say that there are no “bad” meetings. Others add that if you’ve never been to a bad meeting then you’re not getting to enough. In our experience, we come to understand, as in our entire life, the meeting is what we make of it.

If I don't hear what I need, I say what I need to hear.

The Pocket Sponsor
By Shelly Marshall
The author of ' Day By Day' & other Meditation Books