by Art Nicklaus | Oct 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
November, 2010, Julee & I at Trevi Fountain in Rome Step 11: “Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.” I just want to say...
by Art Nicklaus | Oct 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Twelve Steps and the Virtues. (Part 4) Step 8) “Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.” The first eight of the twelve steps remind me of the “Contemplation” prompts for each of the Fifty-two virtues in Little Book...
by Art Nicklaus | Oct 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Guess who???!!! Little Julee Archer (Nicklaus)! The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (Part 3) 5) “Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.” There’s that word “admitted” again. As I pointed out, it can be found in...
by Art Nicklaus | Oct 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
My wife Julee in her younger years October 7, 2021 The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (Part Two) (Continuation of last week’s post to Steps 2 through 4.) Step 2) “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.” “Sanity…”...
by Art Nicklaus | Sep 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith, co-founders of Alcoholics Anonymous I have had a number of people ask me, “How’s the response been to you book “Little Book of Virtues?” By far the most vocal and positive responses have come from my friends who are involved with...
by Art Nicklaus | Sep 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Just a reminder that you can sign up to receive email notification each week when I post a blog…sign up link is at the very bottom of this blog page. For more on “What is A Virtue?” or to see other blog posts, click on this link:...
by Art Nicklaus | Sep 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Blog post for September 9, 2021 Jon and Carolyn Freeman are great friends of Julee’s and mine whom we met while living in Baja Mexico several years back. It was one of those “meant to be” moments when we met as strangers in passing and I felt...
by Art Nicklaus | Sep 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Www.littlebookofvirtues.com/honoring Joel Moody is a cousin-in-law that my wife Julee and I are very close to. Joel has taught me so much and been such an encouragement to me. Joel offers the following regarding the virtue of Honoring: “The past year of my life...
by Art Nicklaus | Aug 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
August 25, 2021 I tell the story in one of the Virtues on the website of the man who went walking on the ocean beach, where he spotted a young boy tossing starfish that were left high and dry by the tide, back out into the ocean. The man exclaimed, “What do you...
by Art Nicklaus | Aug 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
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