List of Blog Summaries from Dennis for
Jan - Apr 2008
Acceptance and Changing
[Jan 14, 2008]
"The hardest fact I have had to swallow is that God will not change the world to fit my idea of perfection."
"The hardest fact I have had to swallow is that God will not change the world to fit my idea of perfection."
And Finally - Some Smarts?
[Jan 15, 2008]
"There are times when I feel like a kid that just found a pretty marble and have to show it to everyone"
"There are times when I feel like a kid that just found a pretty marble and have to show it to everyone"
Nothing, nothing at all?
[Jan 20, 2008]
"God -
Grant me the Serenity to accept the things I SHOULD NOT change"
"God -
Grant me the Serenity to accept the things I SHOULD NOT change"
Gratitude is an Attitude
[Jan 27, 2008]
"Total mental focus and unbending intent is necessary to make a prayer of gratitude mean anything and have any effect."
"Total mental focus and unbending intent is necessary to make a prayer of gratitude mean anything and have any effect."
Relationships
[Feb 11, 2008]
"I spent so much time floating in a sea of alcohol that I never really grew up. As it is said, I stopped my emotional age at 16 or so."
"I spent so much time floating in a sea of alcohol that I never really grew up. As it is said, I stopped my emotional age at 16 or so."
No Whining
[Feb 17, 2008]
"I was sabotaging my own happiness. Instead of accepting the small good things, I'd try to make them bigger and better - and ended up ruining them."
"I was sabotaging my own happiness. Instead of accepting the small good things, I'd try to make them bigger and better - and ended up ruining them."
I Am Responsible
[Feb 24, 2008]
"I have heard others say - I only have 1 month, 6 months, 2 years - what can I offer? The story of your struggles and victories speaks loud and clear to one crying out for help."
"I have heard others say - I only have 1 month, 6 months, 2 years - what can I offer? The story of your struggles and victories speaks loud and clear to one crying out for help."
Rigorous Honesty vs Implicit
Trust
[Mar 7, 2008]
"One of the things I as a newcomer had to get a grip on in this program is that the majority of people in it are deadly serious about the 'sober' part."
"One of the things I as a newcomer had to get a grip on in this program is that the majority of people in it are deadly serious about the 'sober' part."
Mutterings from a Fool
[Mar 26, 2008]
"I'm finding that little line about 'courage to change the things I can (ME)' works really well - if I do something more than say it at the beginning and end of a meeting."
"I'm finding that little line about 'courage to change the things I can (ME)' works really well - if I do something more than say it at the beginning and end of a meeting."
His music is my music
[Mar 28, 2008]
"All harmony gone - because of choices I had made in my life. I was left in a soundless, soulless void with only one of two ways to choose."
"All harmony gone - because of choices I had made in my life. I was left in a soundless, soulless void with only one of two ways to choose."
Getting into life...
[Mar 30, 2008]
"But he is obviously correct in that we need to express more than that single facet of our lifes to really relate to each other."
"But he is obviously correct in that we need to express more than that single facet of our lifes to really relate to each other."
Personalities before Principles?
[Apr 11, 2008]
"IMHO, that means that the practice of humility and acceptance of others is to be a foremost consideration when dealing with people - whether in or out of the fellowship."
"IMHO, that means that the practice of humility and acceptance of others is to be a foremost consideration when dealing with people - whether in or out of the fellowship."