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Pythonpappy


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Talk doesn't cook rice.
--Chinese proverb

Some of us are crazy about self-help books, inspirational tapes, and personal improvement seminars. We'll buy or sign up for anything, whatever the price, if it promises revolutionary insights or a foolproof new system. We want relief in a day and deliverance in a weekend. And we want the expert of the hour to do it for us.

There's nothing wrong with wishing, of course. But there's a lot wrong with kidding ourselves as a way of life. Think about it: If progress could be bought, we wouldn't need to be meditating. If personal transformation resulted from collecting new ideas, we'd have been transformed long ago. Exploring is great. And looking for all the inspiration and wisdom we can find is necessary for growth. But changing is doing. All the plans and schemes for improvement put together won't change a thing if we don't put the principles into daily practice. Even catchy words are just words.

Today, I will take the best plan I have and put it into action. Today, I will say less and do more.

You are reading from the book:

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Days of Healing, Days of Joy by Earnie Larsen and Carol Larsen Hegarty

Days of Healing, Days of Joy by Earnie Larsen and Carol Larsen Hegarty. © 1987, 1992 by Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any manner without the permission of Hazelden.

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I was with a sponsor one time in a coffee shop/Book Store ... he found me looking at the 'self help' section of books ... he asked 'What are you doing?' ... I said I'm looking at the new 'self help' books to see if I should pick up another one ... he asked, do you have many of these at home? ... I said sure, I have a whole shelf full of them ... he said, my God son, go home and get rid of all of them!!! ... I asked why? ... He said you're trying to build up the very person you're trying to get rid of ...

He told me that ALL the 'self help' I'll ever need is in the BB and the 12 & 12 of AA ... ... ... that was many years ago ... 

He was right!!!



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I was procastenating a project the other day and I was looking up how not to procrastenate, I found a book online and videos on youtube.. This has to be the ultimate way to procrastenate !

Look up a auther named Larry Winget hes gotta be my favorite speaker, he writes book like its called work for a reason.


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For me, its not just..... Let Go and,Let God, but more of  Get God and Get going.....Our 3rd Step is an action Step......... God may do for us what WE couldn't do for ourselves but not sure about what WE WOULDN'T DO for ourselves!..Difficult to be of maximum service to God and others(our primary purpose) by  Daydreaming, I spent years under the influence, in the grip, doing that..smilesmile



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mandm wrote:

I was procastenating a project the other day and I was looking up how not to procrastenate, I found a book online and videos on youtube.. This has to be the ultimate way to procrastenate !

 Haha!

 



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