Monthly Archives: December 2016

Don’t cut yourself on your gifts

December 22, 2016
Daily Meditations

Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or by the handle. — James Russell Lowell Success rains down for…

Timing

December 21, 2016
Daily Meditations

If we could untangle the mysteries of life and unravel the energies which run through the world; if we could evaluate correctly the significance of passing events; if we could…

Important Holiday Notice

December 20, 2016
Messages From Melody

Holidays can be dicey for people going through grief. While everyone else is eating, moaning, grumbling about required family appearances, or watching football, some people are in their own world…

Accepting Uncertainty and Waiting for When the Time Is Right

December 20, 2016
Article

There are times when we simply do not know what to do, or where to go, next. Sometimes these periods are brief, sometimes lingering. We can get through these times.…

Dealing with Addicted Children

December 20, 2016
Substance Abuse

By Bruce K. I’m awakened out of a deep sleep. I hear yelling. I look at the clock. It’s four in the morning. What now, I think, getting dressed. As…

Things happen

December 20, 2016
Daily Meditations

A healthy friend dies participating in a sport she loves. A husband works hard on his marriage only to come home one day and find his wife in bed with…

Living in the Mystery Message 01/08/12 from Melody

December 13, 2016
Messages From Melody

Check out Something to Think About — If You’re Brave, the most recent post to Living in the Mystery at www.MelodyBeattie.com/blog. A guest blogger wrote the important story. When I clicked the link to the guest blog in…

Commendation

December 06, 2016
Messages From Melody

I wasn’t sure where to put this, but I wanted the members in the Grief Club to see it. It’s going to be brief — not my usual “mini-book” blog.…

Choosing Positive Affirmations for Recovery

December 06, 2016
Article

One of our choices in recovery is choosing what we want to think—using our mental energy positively. Positive mental energy, positive thinking, does not mean we think unrealistically or revert…

What Comes Around Comes Around

December 06, 2016
Illness | Recovery | Starting Over

By Marie S. The date was November 4, 2001. I was sixteen years old going on sixty. My eyes had seen more physical, emotional, and sexual abuse than I wanted…