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The pity of life....

Permalink 05/15/12 19:06, by michael, Categories: Quotes with Meditations , Tags: happy, joy, life, mentor, paradox, powerless, prodigal son, sad, sobriety, spiritual fitness, suffer
Really, the pity of life is not what men do; it is what they miss - the joy of the prodigal son. -Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (found in the book "Guide to Contentment;" p. 112) one of my sisters texted me after receiving todays quote (via text) that i… more »

 
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Paradox of good from suffering....

Permalink 08/16/11 21:43, by michael, Categories: Quotes with Meditations , Tags: friends, graces, growth, matthew, mentor, paradox, prosperity, st. alphonsus liguori, suffering, thanksgiving, travis, tribulations
In tribulations God enriches his beloved souls with the greatest graces... - ...a single "blessed be God," in adversity, is worth more than a thousand acts of thanksgiving in prosperity. - St. Alphonsus Liguori; Magnificat magazine; August, 2011; pp. 31… more »

 
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.... then - truly you are wise.

Permalink 07/12/11 21:14, by michael, Categories: Quotes with Meditations , Tags: ed hoppe, experience, ezra mordekhai, learn, mentor, recovery scorecard, saved, sponsor, tools of recovery, wisdom, wise
If you are able to learn from your own experience, then you may be regarded as intelligent.  However, if you are able to learn from the experience of others, then truly you are wise.  - Ezra Mordekhai; quoted in The Recovery Scorecard - Twelve Tools of… more »

 
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Becoming nothing to be part of something great

Permalink 04/18/11 20:01, by michael, Categories: Quotes with Meditations , Tags: blunders, mentor, mind, nothing, other-centered, paradoxes, self-centered, something great, sponsor
"We were only a bunch of bums, but by becoming nothing, you can be a part of something great.  -Father Anderson, Clear Creek Monastery (Slate; 101408; Article by Harold Fickett; found on Godspy.com) Aren't paradoxes great!?  My mentor and sponsor fo… more »

 
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