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bluidkiti · 07-11-2023, 06:44 AM

July 11

Beyond yourself

The most reliable route to an empty life is to live only for yourself. Every other pain becomes magnified by the pain of self absorption.

Yet you always have a way to get away from that unbearable emptiness. Begin to sincerely care for someone or something beyond yourself, and a golden warmth enters your life.

Look back on your experiences and you’re sure to recall times when this very thing has happened. Give of yourself, and you begin to know a sense of purpose that cannot be reached in any other way.

Behind every desire is a longing for meaning and fulfillment. To quench that thirst for meaning, seek to live beyond yourself.

Before you speak, choose words that will serve a greater good. Before you act, choose efforts that will make a positive contribution to the world around you.

In small things and large, use the opportunity of each moment to see and to act beyond your own concerns. Again and again, the success you create by doing so will be real and fulfilling.

— Ralph Marston

07-11-2023, 06:44 AM	#12
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 71,287	July 11 Beyond yourself The most reliable route to an empty life is to live only for yourself. Every other pain becomes magnified by the pain of self absorption. Yet you always have a way to get away from that unbearable emptiness. Begin to sincerely care for someone or something beyond yourself, and a golden warmth enters your life. Look back on your experiences and you’re sure to recall times when this very thing has happened. Give of yourself, and you begin to know a sense of purpose that cannot be reached in any other way. Behind every desire is a longing for meaning and fulfillment. To quench that thirst for meaning, seek to live beyond yourself. Before you speak, choose words that will serve a greater good. Before you act, choose efforts that will make a positive contribution to the world around you. In small things and large, use the opportunity of each moment to see and to act beyond your own concerns. Again and again, the success you create by doing so will be real and fulfilling. — Ralph Marston __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.