This year's quotes alternate between the rooms of recovery and original quotes by Guests who frequent this website. Plus a few of my own that I've been looking for somewhere to use. Plus the usual baker's dozen for Baha'i events, centering on what makes us happy and with a nod to the 12 Steps. Feel free to copy/paste any images anywhere. Your social media, emails, a card, poster, T-shirt, whatever. But just for your personal use, not $-making. Please don't crop credit lines. Do use hashtags. Feel free to email me to request a high-reolution copy of any image(s) on this page. And enjoy!
2020-12-30 No Offense
#GiveOffense #TakeOffense
![In open and honest dialog, the best way to not give offense is to not agonize about giving offense and to instead concentrate on not taking offense. #GiveOffense #TakeOffense #LuckiMelanderWilder](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 53 - No Offense.jpg) |
2020-12-23 Outweigh
#Needs #Wants
![What I've learned in the rooms is ... My needs outweight your wants. Your needs outweight my wants. #Needs #Wants #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 52 - Outweigh.jpg) |
2020-12-16 At The Moment
#Love #Oneness
![If at the moment on conflict you can consciously love your oppressor, if at the moment of acquiescence you can consciously love yourself, REJOICE...for you are the the threshold of ONENESS! #Love #Oneness #PhyllisPeterson](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 51 - At The Moment.jpg) |
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2020-12-09 When Shared
#Pain #Love
![Pain shared is pain halved. Love shared is love doubled. #Pain #Love #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 50 - When Shared.jpg) |
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2020-12-02 Waiting To Be
#Day #Life
![The day stretches ahead, waiting to be lived. #Day #Life #HelenaCarnesJeffries](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 49 - Waiting To Be.jpg) |
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For Ascension (passing) of 'Abdu'l-Baha &
the 12 Steps 2020-11-27 Happy Always
#Bahai #Happiness
![Praise be unto Thee, O My Lord, for all times, heretofore and hereafter; and thanks be unto Thee, O My God, under all conditions, whether of the past or the future. #Bahai #Happiness #thebab](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20HD 13 - Happy Always.jpg) |
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2020-11-25 Do The Steps
#Doing #Understanding
![You don't have to understand the steps to do them, you have to do the steps to understand them. #Doing #Understanding #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 48 - Do The Steps.jpg) |
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For Day of the Covenant & Step 12
2020-11-25 Happy Others
#Bahai #Happiness
![May everyone point to you and ask, "why are these people so happy?" I want you to be happy...to laugh, smile and rejoice in order that others may be made happy by you. #Bahai #Happiness #abdulbaha](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20HD 12 - Happy Others.jpg) |
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2020-11-18 Aesthetics
#Aesthetics #Reality
!["Aesthetics above all." I don't always mean it, and I sometimes get in trouble from embracing it (like spending too much money(\), but I do love the thought. #Aesthetics #Reality #AnneGordonPerry](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 47 - Aesthetics.jpg) |
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2020-11-11 Rejection
#Prayer #GodsProtection
![Life is a melody I want to play. #Prayer #GodsProtection #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 46 - Rejection.jpg) |
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#Life #Music
![Life is a melody I want to play. #Life #Music #MichaelKohn](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 45 - Melody.jpg) |
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#CareAbout #CareFor
![When I care about myself less, I can care for myself more. #CareAbout #CareFor #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 44 - When I Care.jpg) |
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2020-10-21 Plan-Writing
#Law #Insurance
![Ligon's Law of Insurance Plans: "Who wrote this stuff? Say, could it be? Sure looks like the work of a chimpanzee!" #Plan #Insurance #TomLigon](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 43 - Plan-Writing.jpg) |
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For Birth of Baha'u'llah (Twin Birthdays)
& Step 11 2020-10-19 Happy Refuge
#Bahai #Happiness
![Happy indeed is the man that hath turned towards the sanctuary of Thy presence, and rid himself of all attachment to any one except Thyself. Bahai #Happiness #bahaullah](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20HD 11 - Happy Refuge.jpg) |
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For Birth of the Bab (Twin Birthdays) & Step 10
2020-10-18 Happy Family
#Bahai #Happiness
![If thou become firm and steadfast in the love of God, thou shalt be confirmed with a confirmation whereby thy face will be gladdened, thy heart rejoiced and all thy family will be happy and pleased. #Bahai #Happiness #abdulbaha](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20HD 10 - Happy Family.jpg) |
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2020-10-14 An Arc
#Amends #MakeAmends
![Making amends is an arc: Apology Restitution Change! #Amends #MakeAmends #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 42 - An Arc.jpg) |
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2020-10-07 Herpetology
#Law #Snake
![Ligon's Law of Herpetology: "Given a snake and a hole, the snake will crawl into the hole." #Law #Snake #TomLigon](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 41 - Herpetology.jpg) |
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2020-09-30 The Four 'M's
#Addiction #GettingHelp
![Start Using -> Magic -> Maintenance -> Madness -> Get Help? IF NO -> Mortuary IF YES -> Miracle #Addiction #GettingHelp #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 40 - The Four Ms.jpg) |
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2020-09-23 Smognanimity
#Sniglet #Smoking
![From the Sniglet file: "Smognanimity: The penchant of cigarette smoke to always drift toward the nonsmoker." #Sniglet #Smoking #LuckiMelanderWilder](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 39 - Smognanimity.jpg) |
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2020-09-16 Decisions
#HardLife #EasyLife
![When I makie the easiest decision, my life gets hard. When I make the hard decisions, my lfe is easy. #HardLife #EasyLife #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 38 - Decisions.jpg) |
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2020-09-09 Curve-Fitting
#Law #OnTheCurve
![Ligon's Law of Curve-Fitting: "All points lie on a straight line if the line is wide enough." #Law #OnTheCurve #TomLigon](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 37 - Curve-Fitting.jpg) |
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2020-09-02 Do Understand
#Doing #Understanding
![Do for the future; understand in the past. #Doing #Undersatnding #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 36 - Do Understand.jpg) |
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2020-08-26 Neposititon
#Sniglet #Nepotism
![From the Sniglet file: "Neposition: The job held by he incompetent nephew of the CEO." #Snighlet #Nepotism #ClaireKuhl](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 35 - Neposition.jpg) |
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2020-08-19 No Reason
#NoReason #Excuses
![There's always an excuse to drink. There's never a reason to. #NoReason #Excuses #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 34 - No Reason.jpg) |
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2020-08-12 Vanguard
#Race #Justice
![Why do African-Americans seem to be in the vanguard of racial justice efforts in the Baha'i Faith? Why do I tell my son he has to be the one who speaks up? [Because] if you're the one whose toes are getting stepped on, you're the one who says OUCH! #Race #Justice #TamaraBondWilliams](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 33 - Vanguard.jpg) |
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2020-08-05 Just Show Up
#God #ShowingUp
![God does for me what I cannot do for myself. I just have to show up and let Him. #God #ShowingUp #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 32 - Just Show Up.jpg) |
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2020-07-29 Automagical
#Sniglet #Technology
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2020-07-22 Use Talk
#Talking #Using
![Talk about everything. Use about nothing. #Talking #Using #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 30 - Use Talk.jpg) |
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2020-07-15 Flowers Are
#Flowers #Sunshine
![Flowers are a special form of sunshine. #Flowers #Sunshine #LuckiMelanderWilder](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 29 - Flowers Are.jpg) |
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For Martyrdom of the Bab & Step 9
2020-07-08 Happy Arising
#Bahai #Happiness
![Blessed and happy is he that ariseth to promote the best interests of the peoples and kindreds of the earth. #Bahai #Happiness #bahaullah](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20HD 09- Happy Arising.jpg) |
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2020-07-08 There Was God
#HittingBottom #God
![I didn't have just one bottom; I hadmany. And every time I hit a bottom, there was God waiting for me. #HittingBottom #God #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 28 - There Was God.jpg) |
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2020-07-01 Bird Poop
#Art #WorthIt
![A friend who sent me a beautiful photo of an owl on top of a mailbox complained that the creature had left no mail, only bird poop. I replied, "Somes art is worth the bird poop." #Art #WorthIt #AnneGordonPerry](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 27 - Bird Poop.jpg) |
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2020-06-24 Every Morning
#Prayer #Change
![My morning prayer is not about asking for help. It's about asking to change. #Prayer #Change #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 26 - Every Morning.jpg) |
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2020-06-17 Expectations
#Expectations #Problems
![It is our expectations of others that create the problems we think we see. #Expecations #Problems #JanLopez](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 25 - Expectations.jpg) |
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2020-06-10 Into Right
#Life #Thoughts
![I can't think my way into right living; I have to live my way into right thinking. #Life #Thoughts #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 24 - Into Right.jpg) |
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2020-06-03 Crazy World
#Insanity #Sanity
![Even when the world goes, crazy, do not go crazy with it. #Insanity #Sanity #ScottWild](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 23 - Crazy World.jpg) |
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For Ascension (passing) of Baha'u'llah & Step 8
2020-05-28 Happy State
#Bahai #Happiness
![Anybody can be happy in the satte of confort, ease, health, success, pleasure and joy; but if one wil be happy and contented in the time of trouble, hardship and prevailing disease, it is the proff of nobility. #Bahai #Hapiness #abdulbaha](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20HD 08 - Happy State.jpg) |
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2020-05-27 Done To Me
#KillingMe #Unacceptable![If someone else had done to me what I've done to myself, I'd've killed 'em ... which is what I was doing to myself. #KillingMe #Unacceptable #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 22 - Done To Me.jpg)
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For Declaration of the Bab & Step 7
2020-05-23 Happy Act
#Bahai #Happiness
![Happy are they who act; happy are they who understand; happy the man that hath clung unto the truth, detached from all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth. #Bahai #Happiness #bahaullah](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20HD 07 - Happy Act.jpg) |
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2020-05-20 You Know
#WhatYouKnow #WhoYouKnow
![It's not what you know or who you know; it's what you know ABOUT who you know. #WhatYouKnow #WhoYouKnow #TomLigon](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 21 - You Know.jpg) |
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2020-05-13 The Opposite
#Addiction #Connection
![The opposite of addiction is connection. #Addiction #Connection #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 20 - The Opposite.jpg) |
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2020-05-06 Painful Truth
#Truth #Experience
![Discovering truth doesn't always make us happy. It can be a painful experience. #Truth #Experience #NathanRutstein](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 19 - Painful Truth.jpg) |
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For Twelfth of Ridvan & Step 6
2020-05-01 Happy Spark
#Bahai #Happiness
![If a man become touched with the divine spark, even though he be an outcast and oppressed, he will be happy and his happiness cannot die. #Bahai #Happiness #abdulbaha](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20HD 06 - Happy Spark.jpg) |
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2020-04-29 Hear-See
#Hearing #Seeing
![I can't hear what you're saying is right if I see what you're doing is wrong. #Hearing #Seeing #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 18 - Hear-See.jpg) |
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For Ninth of Ridvan & Step 5
2020-04-28 Happy Ear
#Bahai #Happiness
![Happy are those possessed of a hearing ear. In truth, knowledge is a veritable treasure for man, and a source of glory, of bounty, of joy, of exaltation, of cheer and gladness unto him. #Bahai #Happiness #bahaullah](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20HD 05 - Happy Ear.jpg) |
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2020-04-22 Life Sucks
#Life #Sobriety
![Life sucks better clean. #Life #Sobriety #BarryBLongyear](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 17 - Life Sucks.jpg) |
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For First of Ridvan & Step 4
2020-04-20 Happy Truth
#Bahai #Happiness
![Happy are those who spend their days in gaining knowledge, in discovering the secrets of nature, and in penetrating the subtleties of pure truth! #Bahai #Happiness #abdulbaha](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20HD 04 - Happy Truth.jpg) |
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2020-04-15 No Stress
#Prayer #Stress
![Pray about everything and you won't have to stress about anything. #Prayer #Stress #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 16 - No Stress.jpg) |
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2020-04-08 Owners Manual
#Forgiveness #Practice
![On being forgiving: We were never left without an owner's manual. But many of us either didn't know about it or chose to ignore it. #Forgiveness #Practice #CaryEnoch](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 15 - Owners Manual.jpg) |
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2020-04-01 All The Chaos
#Chaos #Consequences
![When I was using, I liked all the chaos and confusion; I just didn't like the consequences of all the chaos and confusion. #Chaos #Consequences #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 14 - All The Chaos.jpg) |
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2020-03-25 Warrior
#Warrior #Survivor
![I call myself a Warrier 'cause I've seen the battle lines. I call myself a Warrior 'cause I've seen the darker side. I've walked along the shadowy roads of hell in this life. And now I'm here standing proud 'cause I am still alive. And I thank You. #Warrior #Survivor #HelenaCarnesJeffries](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 13 - Warrior.jpg) |
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For Naw-Ruz (New Year) & Step 3
2020-03-20 Happy They
#Bahai #Happiness
![Happy are they that have cast behind their backs all else save God and have held fast unto that which the Lord of strength and power hath enjoined upon them. #Bahai #Hapiness #bahaullah](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20HD 03 - Happy They.jpg) |
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2020-03-18 Surrender
#Surrender #Relief
![This isn't surrender. [head bowed, hands folder] THIS is surrender [looking upward, arms raised] #Surrender #Relief #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 12 - Surrender.jpg) |
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2020-03-11 How We Think
#Thoughts #Words![How we think affects the words we choose, and the worlds we choose afect how we think. #Thoughts #Words #LuckiMelanderWilder](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 11 - How We Think.jpg)
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2020-03-04 Just Had Kids
#HavingKids #BeingAParent
![When I was drinking, I just had kids. When I got sober, I started being a parent. #HavingKids #BeingAParent #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 10 - Just Had Kids.jpg) |
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For 19-Day (daylight) Fast & Step 2
2020-03-01 Happy Being
#Bahai #Happiness
![Man is, in reality, a spiritual being, and only when he lives in the spirit is he truly happy. #Bahai #Happiness #abdulbaha](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20HD 02 - Happy Being.jpg) |
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2020-02-26 Mighty Pen
#Writing #Meanings
![As a writer, you are the master of meanings in the world of your writing. Furthermore, if your writing is read widely, you can even change the meanings of words in the real world outside your story ... This is where the humble pen can be mightier than a revolution. #Writing #Meanings #RolfSchmidt](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 09 - MIghty Pen.jpg) |
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For Ayyam-i-Ha & Step 1
2020-02-26 Happy Hold
#Bahai #Happiness
![Happy the man that hath forsaken his desires, and taken fast hold of guidance. #Bahai #Happiness #bahaullah](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20HD 01 - Happy Hold.jpg) |
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2020-02-19 Most Mess
#Finance #Romance
![The things that most mess us up are finances and romances. Checks and sex. #Finance #Romance #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 08 - Most Mess.jpg) |
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2020-02-12 God Knows
#Prayer #GodKnows
!["God knows" doesn't mean "God does." And "The answer is no" doesn't mean "Nobody answered." #Prayer #GodKnows #LuckiMelanderWilder](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 07 - God Knows.jpg) |
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2020-02-05 If You Come
#ItsWorking #Crying
![If you come into the rooms crying, and then you stop, it's working. If you come into the rooms scowling, and then you start crying, it's working. #ItsWorking #Crying #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 06 - If You Come.jpg) |
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2020-01-29 Great Stuff
#Writing #NecessaryEgo
![The necessary authorial ego: I've written, said, and thought so much great stuff, I need to leave it to others to pick out the gems. #Writing #NecessaryEgo #BarryBLongyear](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 05 - Great Stuff.jpg) |
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2020-01-22 How Good
#Listen #Stories
![I'm gradually learning that God's timing and plans are better than mine, and to just go with the flowWhen sharing stories, it's not how good you talk, it's how good you listen. #Listen #Stories #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 04 - How Good.jpg) |
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2020-01-15 God's Timing
#GodsWill #GoWithTheFlow
![I'm gradually learning that God's timing and plans are better than mine, and to just go with the flow. #GodsWill #GoWithTheFlow #JudySelmer](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 03 - God's Timing.jpg) |
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2020-01-08 Denial Is
#Denial #SupressingTruth
![DENIAL: Don't Even kNow I Am Lying. #Denial #SuppresingTruth #Recovery](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 02 - Denial Is.jpg) |
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2020-01-01 Truth Is
#Truth #SupressingTruth
![Truth is a heretic. #Truth #SupressingTruth #MichaelKohn](ESW Images/Blog AM - 20 01 - Truth Is.jpg) |
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