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"Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones."

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"The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering."

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"Intuition is the whisper of the soul."

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May 23, 2026 Maturity Helps Us Face Reality Page 148 "Maturity comes to us when we use spiritual principles rather than defects to deal with reality." Living Clean, Chapter 3, "Awakening to Our Spirituality" It took some pretty twisted survival skills to deny our active...See more

Logo of Narcotics Anonymous featuring the letters "NA" within a circle, accompanied by the full name "Narcotics Anonymous" in blue text. Flyout Menu Recovery Resources Service Resources For Professionals NA World Services Online Store A Spiritual Principle a Day May 22, 2026 The...See more

"The art of letting things happen, action in non-action, letting go of oneself, as taught by Master Eckhart, became a key to me with which I was able to open the door to the ”Way.” The key is this : we must be able to let things happen in the psyche. For us, this becomes a real...See more

“In other words, you have to see and feel what you are experiencing as it is, and not as it is named. This very simple “opening of the eyes” brings about the most extraordinary transformation of understanding and living, and shows that many of our most baffling problems are pure illusion.” — Alan Watts, “The Wisdom of Insecurity,” chapter: V. ON BEING AWARE Art: 'The art of living' by René Magritte

“In other words, the ego has no reality, except in the sense that the equator has reality. It’s a social institution. The equator is an abstract line. Nobody can trip over it, nobody’s ever going to tie up a parcel with it. It’s a useful social abstraction. Well, in exactly the...See more

May 21, 2026 Facing Feelings with Optimism Page 146 "When we realize we've survived every emotion we ever had, we start to believe that we are going to be alright even when we don't feel alright." Living Clean, Chapter 7, "Living Our Principles" Feelings get a bad rap, so it's...See more

Hall is inverting the ordinary assumption about influence. We assume it is a matter of numbers. More people, more force, more effect. He is saying depth of alignment matters more than quantity. One consciousness fully coherent with the laws of existence outweighs thousands...See more

May 20, 2026 The Rewards of Responsibility Page 145 "We don't always want to work our program, but we know the rewards we get when we take responsibility for our recovery--and the consequences when we do not." Living Clean, Chapter 1, "Keys to Freedom" Early...See more

May 19, 2026 Selflessness, Self-Care, and Our Spiritual Condition Page 144 "The principles we learn in the steps help us let go of our selfishness and lovingly serve the needs of others." It Works, Tradition One In hindsight, many of us find that self-centeredness shaped our...See more