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That’s What I Thought…
ByBrianAll that we are is the result of what we have thought.
– BuddhaLighting the Fire
ByBrianthe Desert Fathers and Desert Mothers were a group of 3rd century hermit monks living an ascetic life in the deserts of Egypt. Their wisdom continues to help those seeking a spiritual life. In the beginning, there is struggle and a lot of work for those who come near to God. But after that there…
Spiritual Pride
ByBrianDon P. was member of Alcoholics Anonymous from Aurora, CO. He died on March 20, 2005 with over 37 years sobriety. You can listen to Don by going to the Speaker tab.
“This isn’t about me demonstrating for God what I can do;
its about God demonstrating through me what He can do.”
– Don P.
It’s a Promise
ByBrian“Happiness is not a goal…it’s a by-product of a life well lived.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
Suffering
ByBrianEpictetus was an ancient Greek philosopher Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power. – Epictetus AD 55 to AD 135 Such simple wisdom from 2,000 years ago. At Twelve Step meetings I express this same thought in the form of the Serenity Prayer. 500 years…
The Seeker
ByBrianA Sufi story… Past the seeker, as he prayed, came the crippled and the beggar and the beaten. And seeing them, the holy one went down into deep prayer and cried, “Great God, how is it that a loving creator can see such things and yet do nothing about them?” And out of the long…

