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Tag Archives: Change
Living the Serenity Prayer: Acceptance
The Serenity Prayer has a long and rather mysterious history. The first three lines were made popular by Reinhold Niebuhr (1892 -1971), as part of a 1934 lecture. The modern prayer is several lines longer. In 1941, the prayer was … Continue reading
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Tagged Alcoholics Anonymous, Change, Reinhold Niebuhr, The 12 Steps, The Serenity Prayer
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Training to Surrender
“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.” Anatole France “Man cannot discover new oceans unless … Continue reading
Don’t touch the mobile!
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. – Henri Bergson I’ve been thinking a lot about change lately – change within, change in family dynamics, change in neighborhoods, … Continue reading
Posted in Living as Apprentices
Tagged Change, Henri Bergson
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