Shipwrecked In South Carolina: The Shackles Of My Self-Centeredness

Saturday, February 9, 2008

The Shackles Of My Self-Centeredness

Very often in my life it seems to take some kind of “imprisonment” to free me from the shackles of my self-centeredness.
When I'm “caught” in some situation I don’t want to be in, I finally come to know the liberating power of Another.
Only then can I become another for “the imprisoned” and “the orphaned” all around me.

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My Ditty Bag

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One day at a time.

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We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust our sails.

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We surrender to win;
we give away to keep;
we suffer to get well;
we die to live.

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Know God;
Know Peace
No God;
No Peace

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Learn to listen;
Listen to learn.

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Rule #62:
Do not take my life or myself too damn seriously.

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Resentment is like acid, eating away at the vessel it is stored in.

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Serenity is not the absensce of conflict, but the abiltiy to cope with it.

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Pray is neither black magic or is it a form of demand note.
Prayer is a relationship.

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Lord, take me where you want me to go;
let me meet who you want me to meet;
tell me what you want me to say
and keep me out of your way.

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The problems in my life are not the situations and conditions that I encounter.
It is how I either respond or react to those situations and conditions that transforms them into problems for me.

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