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Volume 55, Issue 3

is a monthly newsletter published by the Alano Club of San Jose, Inc.

Text Box: 12 Simple Instructions Remember you are connected to all living beings. Know who you are and live deeply from that truth. Tend well the relationships and lessons given to you. Move through life at your own pace. Love with an open heart. No holding back. Surrender your will to the Divine will. Seek what is real. Do what is just. Start now. Stay in the moment. We reach our destinations one step at a time. Never stop questioning. Never stop learning. Diminish no one. Even the most unlikely among us is a teacher. Life provides endless opportunities to awaken. Embrace them.
---Meredith Jordan Five Simple Rules Remember the five simple rules to be happy: Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less. -- Author unknown. The Key of Gratitude Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more.
---Melody Beattie

Sometimes in life, things happen too fast. We barely solve one problem when two new problems surface. We're feeling great in the morning, but we're submerged in misery by nightfall.
Every day we face interruptions, delays, changes, and challenges. We face personality conflicts and disappointments. Often when we're feeling overwhelmed, we can't see the lessons in these experiences.
One simple concept can get us through the most stressful of times. It's called gratitude. We learn to say, thank you, for these problems and feelings. Thank you for the way things are. I don't like this experience, but thank you anyway.
Force gratitude until it becomes habitual. Gratitude helps us stop trying to control outcomes. It is the key that unlocks positive energy in our life. It is the alchemy that turns problems into blessings, and the unexpected into gifts.

Today, I will be grateful. I will start the process of turning today's pain into tomorrow's joy.
— The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie