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Humility is not thinking less of yourself…

Jane — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:00:14 +0000

… it is thinking of yourself less.

Time…

Jane — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:43:05 +0000

Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400.
It carries over no balance from day to day.
Every “evening” deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day.
What would you do?
Draw out every cent, of course!
Each of us has such a “bank”. It’s name is TIME.
Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds.
Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to good purpose.
It carries over no balance.
It allows no overdraft.
Each day it opens a new account of the day.
If you fail to use the day’s deposit, the loss is yours.

There is no going back. There is no drawing against the “tomorrow”.
You must live in the present on today’s deposits.
Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness, and success!
The clock is running.
Make the most of today.

To realize the value of ONE YEAR.. ask a student who failed a grade.
To realize the value of ONE MONTH.. ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.
To realize the value of ONE WEEK.. ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of ONE HOUR.. ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of ONE MINUTE.. ask a person who missed the train.
To realize the value of ONE SECOND.. ask a person who just avoided an accident.
To realize the value of ONE MINUTE.. ask a person who missed the train.
To realize the value of ONE MILLISECOND.. ask the person who won a silver medal in the Olympics.
Treasure every moment that you have!
And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time. And remember that time waits for no one.

Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow is mystery.
Today is a gift.
That’s why its called..
the Present!

If you are trying to control your drinking…

Jane — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:38:11 +0000

…you have already lost control.

This too…

Jane — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:30:29 +0000

…shall pass.

Trust in your Higher Power. Storms never last forever.

The Darkest Hour

Jane — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:47:36 +0000

Are you feeling in the dark? Here is an uplifting message from Jane Derry

Your road map to happy destiny

Jane — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:27:50 +0000

Here’s a little message from Jane and Cocoa about direction.

Nothing changes…

Jane — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:00:46 +0000

See Cocoa and Jane share a little slogan for today

Zen Koan of the Day – Moving Mind

Jane — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:11:38 +0000

Two men were arguing about a flag flapping in the wind. “It’s the wind that is really moving,” stated the first one. “No, it is the flag that is moving,” contended the second. A Zen master, who happened to be walking by, overheard the debate and interrupted them. “Neither the flag nor the wind is moving,” he said, “It is MIND that moves.”

Can Zen help your recovery? Maybe it can, maybe it can’t, who knows? It can challenge and intrigue!

You can tell your Higher Power how big your problems are…

Jane — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:07:24 +0000

…or you can tell your problems how big your Higher Power is.

Abandon this world, so that you may become king of all worlds.

Jane — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:00:43 +0000

Throw away your handful of sugar, so that you may become the sugar field. ~Rumi