IF THE ONLY PRAYER YOU SAID IN YOUR LIFE WAS "THANK YOU", THAT WOULD SUFFICE. ~Meister Eckhart

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

04.28.09

Unless I accept my faults I will most certainly doubt my virtues. ~Hugh Prather
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Today I am grateful...
  • that the car passed the state inspection despite being told the hairline crack in the rear light cover would prevent it (I just took it elsewhere)
  • for the twenty or so folks that showed up for the Beginners meeting last night despite all the flooding going on in Houston (led by our Dave)
  • that Bunny knows I mean business when it's raining and he won't go out and I put his leash on. He gets right down to it. When he's through I let him off the leash and he is a blur getting back inside.
  • that since the dentist office was closed yesterday I will try again today

The world needs listeners ... If everyone were the story-teller, it would be a noisy place, and no one would ever get to hear the stories. Maybe you are a storyteller; maybe you are a listener. Maybe both. Maybe it will be your path to achieve recognition and fame; maybe yours is an anonymous path of service. If you've done all you can-- whether it's to pursue your dreams, work on that relationship, help someone else, or take care of yourself-- then you've done your part. ~More Language of Letting Go

8 comments:

Mary Christine said...

I can see Bunny the flying dog flying right back in the house... cute little Bunny. (this from a woman who does not like dogs.)

JeremyRT said...

I love that last quote.

I work very hard to be a listener because for the longest time I was not.

Ginnie said...

Like Jeremy, I'm trying to improve my listening skills. It's all that old story of getting out of myself...stuff I've learned in AA.

steveroni said...

"...despite all the flooding going on in Houston (led by our Dave)"

I see dAAve "leading the flood".

dAAve said...

I need to be more of a listener.

One Drunk to Another said...

Dang it, Steve E beat me to the punch.

Lou said...

Bostons do not like being wet. But they do know when someone means business!

Anonymous said...

that's so funny about Bunny - Jack loves stinky pond water but acts like the rain is the worst thing in the world! go figure...