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Aphorisms & Memes
(2020 Archives)
by
Lucki Melander Wilder
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" #PleaseStealThese "  -- Lucki
Some really nice ones there. THANK YOU for keeping me on the mailing list. -- Kim Bowden-Kerby

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!

Start with JANUARY 1     Go to 2020 list/links     Go to 2020 hashtags/links Switch to Abiding Blog     Switch to Adding Insult

Welcome to the Home of the 2020 Aphorisms-Memes Family. Beyond this welcome mat are links-lists by date & by hashtag, followed by 66 Aphorisms & Memes featured in 2020. Enjoy them, & use/hashtag them in your own social media.
Entries for 2020
01-01 Truth Is
01-08 Denial Is
01-15 God'sTiming
01-22 How Good
01-29 Great Stuff
02-05 If You Come
02-12 God Knows
02-19 Most Mess
02-26 Happy Hold
02-26 Mighty Pen
03-01 Happy Being
03-04 Just Had Kids		 continued
03-11 How We Think
03-18 Surrender
03-20 Happy They
03-25 Warrior
04-01 All The Chaos
04-08 Owners Manual
04-15 No Stress
04-20 Happy Truth
04-22 Life Sucks
04-28 Happy Ear
04-29 Hear-See
05-01 Happy Spark		 continued
05-06 Painful Truth
05-13 The Opposite
05-20 You Know
05-23 Happy Act
05-27 Done To Me
05-28 Happy State
06-03 Crazy World
06-10 Into Right
06-17 Expectations
06-24 Early Morning
07-01 Bird Poop
07-08 There Was God		 continued
07-09 Happy Arising
07-15 Flowers Are
07-22 Use Talk
07-29 Automagical
08-05 Just Show Up
08-12 Vanguard
08-19 No Reason
08-26 Neposition
09-02 Do Understand
09-09 Curve-Fitting
09-16 Decisions
09-23 Smognanimity		 continued
09-30 The Four 'M's
10-07 Herpetology
10-14 An Arc
10-18 Happy Family
10-19 Happy Refuge
10-21 Plan-Writing
10-28 When I Care
11-04 Melody
11-11 Rejection
11-18 Aesthetics
11-25 Happy Others
11-25 Do The Steps		 continued
11-27 Happy Always
12-02 Waiting To Be
12-09 When Shared
12-16 At The Moment
12-23 Outweigh
12-30 No Offense

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xHashtags for 2020   #Addiction 2   #Aesthetics   #Amends   #Art   #Bahai 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13   #BeingAParent   #CareAbout   #CareFor   #Change   #Chaos   #Connection   #Consequences   #Crying   #Day   #Denial   #Doing 2   #EasyLife   #Excuses   #Expectations   #Experience   #Finance   #Flowers   #Forgiveness   #GettingHelp   #GiveOffense   #God 2   #GodKnows   #GodsProtection   #GodsWill   #GoWithTheFlow   #Happiness 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13   #HardLife   #HavingKids   #Hearing   #HittingBottom   #Insanity   #Insurance   #ItsWorking   #Justice   #KillingMe   #Law 2 3   #Life 2 3 4   #Listen   #Love 2   #MakeAmends   #Meanings   #Music   #NecessaryEgo   #Needs   #Nepotism   #NoReason   #Oneness   #OnTheCurve   #Pain   #Practice   #Prayer 2 3 4   #Problems   #Race   #Reality   #Relief   #Romance   #Sanity   #Seeing   #ShowingUp   #Smoking   #Snake   #Sniglet 2 3   #Sobriety   #Stories   #Stress   #Sunshine   #SupressingTruth 2   #Surrender   #Survivor   #TakeOffense   #Talking   #Technology   #Thoughts 2   #Truth 2   #Unacceptable   #Understanding 2   #Using   #Wants   #Warrior   #WhatYouKnow   #WhoYouKnow   #Words   #WorthIt   #Writing 2             #AnneGordonPerry 2   #BarryBLongyear 2   #CaryEnoch   #ClaireKuhl   #HelenaCarnesJeffries 2    #JanLopez   #JudySelmer   #LuckiMelanderWilder 2 3 4 5   #MichaelKohn 2   #NathanRutstein   #PhyllisPeterson   #RolfSchmidt   #ScottWild   #TamaraBondWilliams   #TomFillmore   #TomLigon 2 3 4  

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		 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		 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
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2020-12-09 When Shared
#Pain   #Love
Pain shared is pain halved. Love shared is love doubled. #Pain #Love #Recovery		 x

2020-12-02 Waiting To Be
#Day   #Life
The day stretches ahead, waiting to be lived. #Day #Life #HelenaCarnesJeffries		 x
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
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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		 x
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		 x

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
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2020-11-11 Rejection  
#Prayer   #GodsProtection
Life is a melody I want to play. #Prayer #GodsProtection #Recovery		 x
2020-11-04 Melody
#Life   #Music
Life is a melody I want to play. #Life #Music #MichaelKohn		 x
2020-10-28 When I Care
#CareAbout   #CareFor
When I care about myself less, I can care for myself more. #CareAbout #CareFor #Recovery
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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		 x
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		 x
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
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2020-10-14 An Arc
#Amends   #MakeAmends
Making amends is an arc: Apology Restitution Change! #Amends #MakeAmends #Recovery

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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		 x
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
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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		 x
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		 x
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
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2020-09-02 Do Understand
#Doing   #Understanding
Do for the future; understand in the past. #Doing #Undersatnding #Recovery		 x
2020-08-26 Neposititon
#Sniglet   #Nepotism
From the Sniglet file: "Neposition: The job held by he incompetent nephew of the CEO." #Snighlet #Nepotism #ClaireKuhl		 x
2020-08-19 No Reason
#NoReason   #Excuses
There's always an excuse to drink. There's never a reason to. #NoReason #Excuses #Recovery
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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		 x
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		 x
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		 x

2020-07-15 Flowers Are
#Flowers   #Sunshine
Flowers are a special form of sunshine. #Flowers #Sunshine #LuckiMelanderWilder		 x
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
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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		 x
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		 x
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
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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		 x
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		 x
2020-06-03 Crazy World
#Insanity   #Sanity
Even when the world goes, crazy, do not go crazy with it. #Insanity #Sanity #ScottWild
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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		 x

2020-05-27 Done To Me
#KillingMe   #UnacceptableIf 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
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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
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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		 x
2020-05-13 The Opposite
#Addiction   #Connection
The opposite of addiction is connection. #Addiction #Connection #Recovery

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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
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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		 x
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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		 x
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
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2020-04-22 Life Sucks
#Life   #Sobriety
Life sucks better clean. #Life #Sobriety #BarryBLongyear		 x
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		 x
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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
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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		 x
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		 x
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
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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		 x
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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		 x
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2020-03-11 How We Think
#Thoughts   #WordsHow we think affects the words we choose, and the worlds we choose afect how we think. #Thoughts #Words #LuckiMelanderWilder
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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		 x
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		 x

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
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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		 x
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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		 x
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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
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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		 x
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		 x
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
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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		 x
2020-01-08 Denial Is
#Denial   #SupressingTruth
DENIAL: Don't Even kNow I Am Lying. #Denial #SuppresingTruth #Recovery		 x
2020-01-01 Truth Is
#Truth   #SupressingTruth
Truth is a heretic. #Truth #SupressingTruth #MichaelKohn


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