We wait all these years to find someone who understands us, I thought...

"We wait all these years to find someone who understands us, I thought; someone who accepts us as we are, someone with a wizard's power to melt stone to sunlight, who can bring us happiness in spite of trials, who can face the dragons in the night, who can transform us into the soul we choose to be. Just yesterday I found that magical someone in the face we see in the mirror: It's us and our homemade masks."

- Richard Bach

Fear No More

Today's thought from Hazelden is:
Fear No More
I will not fear those who have hurt me,
For You have given me power.
I shall sleep without nightmares;
You have given me peace.
I shall awaken with a clear and rested mind;
You have given me clarity.
I shall start my day happy, joyous, and free;
You have given me my recovery;You have given me a new life.
For Your grace,
I will demonstrate my gratitude
In useful and positive action
Throughout this day.

The 12 Step Prayer Book Volume 2 by Bill P. and Lisa D.

To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful.

"To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful."
- Edward R. Murrow

True love exists when you can be fully who you are in the other's presence, even if it means you want to dance.

"True love exists when you can be fully who you are in the other's presence, even if it means you want to dance."
--Dr. Patrick Carnes, Recovery Zone, Vol. 1 (pg 172)

Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying.

"Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying."
-- Ram Dass

Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work.

"The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work."
-- Oprah Winfrey

Money will buy you a bed, but not a good night's sleep, a house but not a home, a companion but not a friend.

"Money will buy you a bed, but not a good night's sleep, a house but not a home, a companion but not a friend."
-- Zig Ziglar

Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies

"Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies."
-- Elie Wiesel

Don't criticize what you can't understand.

"Don't criticize what you can't understand."
-- Bob Dylan

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take... Take the shot...

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take... Take the shot..."

If abortion is murder, then a blowjob is cannibalism and shouldn't condoms be considered kidnapping?

"If abortion is murder, then a blowjob is cannibalism and shouldn't condoms be considered kidnapping?"
-- CawkBlawker from POF.com

I will love you no matter what.

"I will love you no matter what. I will love you if you are stupid, if you slip and fall on your face, if you do the wrong thing, if you make mistakes, if you behave like a human being - I will love you no matter."
-- Leo Buscaglia

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

"I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself."
-- Robert E. Lee

90% of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit.

"90% of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit."
-- Paul J. Meyer

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.

"The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams."
-- Oprah Winfrey

If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue.

"If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It's very important to be aware of them every time they come up.”
-- Deepak Chopra

Don't cook. Don't clean. No man will ever make love to a woman because she waxed the linoleum

Don't cook.  Don't clean.  No man will ever make love to a woman because she waxed the linoleum - "My God, the floor's immaculate.  Lie down, you hot bitch."
~ Joan Rivers