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Recovery Corner - Words of Encouragement and Thought Provocation for our Colleagues and Friends in Recovery
submitted each newsletter by an attendee from Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers
Dealing with Challenges, A Definition of Success
In her book Comfortable with Uncertainty, American born Buddhist nun Pema Chodron presents three commitments for dealing with painful emotions, fear, addiction and life’s other challenges.
The Commitments are: Never cause harm to ourselves or others; Help others when we can, and Acceptance.
In his poem Success, Ralph Waldo Emerson considers living a successful life.
What is Success?
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty; To find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived;
This is to have succeeded.
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