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Date Posted：05/15/2010 22:13 PMCopy HTML AngelBear7042 Posts-5-17-2010-Part 1 Father Leo's Daily Meditation TOLERANCE "Tolerance is the positive and cordial effort to understand another's beliefs, practices and habits without necessarily sharing or accepting them." --Joshua Liebman Today I am able to tolerate people, listen to what they are saying and if I do not agree with them, it is okay! I do not have to agree with a person to tolerate or befriend him. This is a new attitude for me and is part of my spiritual program. When I was drinking, I would not listen to people who had ideas different to mine. I would not tolerate people who had a different philosophy on life. Other religions were discounted as being cultish, crude or superstitious. I have learned that my disease of alcoholism made me very arrogant and narrow in my attitude to life - I rejected two-thirds of the world as being heretical! Today I can tolerate and learn from people who view God, the world and morality differently from me. Spirituality is teaching me to be open and accepting. Lord, may I find traces of Your love in different philosophies and religions. *********************************************************** Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Phil. 4:6-7 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. James 1:19-20 "You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world." I John 4:4 "For we walk by faith, not by sight." 2 Corinthians 5:7 Love & Hugs, AngelBear7042 Daily Inspiration Change first from the inside and the other things will follow. Lord, bless me the desire to become a better person and the firmness of will to succeed because I know that together we have the power to change my life. God never promised to make your troubles go away, but He did promise to give you the strength and power to overcome them. Lord, when I am weak, strengthen me, when I forget, remind me and when the day is done, accept my thanksgiving because without You I am nothing. Love & Hugs, AngelBear7042 Walk in Dry Places   Rehearsing Outcomes Serenity Imagination is undeniably a human faculty that accounts for much progress.  Compulsive people, however, can use imagination in a most destructive way. One destructive practice is that of rehearsing i our minds the outcome of some treat or problem, usually expecting the worst. While we should not avoid facing real problems, it's wrong to assume that the worst will always happen. This tendency to anticipate the worst possible outcome can actually produce the very outcome we'd like to avoid, thus making it a self-fulfilling prophecy. We can deal with such pessimistic thinking by reminding ourselves that God is in charge and will bring our good to pass in just the right way.If we're going to rehearse anything, let it be an outcome that includes the best for everybody, including ourselves. I'll expect the best today, knowing that all outcomes and results are in God's hands. Love & Hugs, AngelBear7042 Keep It Simple Each day provides its own gifts.---Ruth P. Freedman Spiritual growth is the greatest gift we can receive. And we earn it through taking risks. There is much risk involved in working the Steps: The risk of admitting that we're out of control. The risk of turning our will and lives over to a Power greater than ourselves. The risk of letting go of character defects. The risk of making amends to people we've harmed. The risk of admitting our wrongs. The risk of telling our stories as we carry the message of hope. To grow spiritually, we need these adventures. These challenges. These risk. Prayer for the Day:  Higher Power, help me to take the risks that I need in order to grow. Action for the Day:  I will look at today as an adventure with my Higher Power. I will list the fears I'll need to let go of. Love & Hugs, AngelBear7042 Quotes-5-17-2010 Do you know how important now is? Enjoy it as much as you can, because no matter how much you want to hold on to "now," it's going to be "was." --Sid Caesar All yesterdays are canceled, and tomorrow is but a speculation, today is the day God has made. --SweetyZee If it was going to be easy to raise kids, it never would have started with something called labor. --Cited in Even More of...The Best of BITS & PIECES Aristotle said: "Those who say there is only one road to Rome don't know Rome very well." New Thought teaches us not only to tolerate but to honor all paths to God. All religions have love at their core. We are meant to learn to love one another, love God and love ourselves. No religion is bigger than God. --Mary Manin Morrissey "In forgiving ourselves, we make the journey from guilt for what we have done (or not done) to celebration of what we have become." --Joan Borysenko Love & Hugs, AngelBear7042