Day 1
Quote:
Looking for the Good
"Every morning I get up and look at the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there I go to work." Robert Orben.
Beginning the Fourth Step tends to create a feeling of impending doom in many of us. We devise various ingenious methods of delaying, detouring, or deferring our personal housecleaning. The fear that many shameful skeletons will emerge from our closet leavces us procrastinating indefinitely lest we forfeit what self-esteem we have left.
During a group therapy session, a counselor whe had gained the respect of the people there, asked this question, "If I were alone with you---just you and I talking---would you be willing to tell me something about yourself you'be never told anyone else?"
The reactions were mixed. Some said "Yes." Some said they weren't sure they would. Some said their lives were an open book and they had nothing to hide.
"Tell me then," said the counselor, "who among you has thought of something good about yourself?" No one had.
Our inventory needs to include both assets and liabilities. It is a fact-finding mission similiar to those done in the business world to assess where a company stands in order to create greater success and productivity.
Today's step: I have the courage to look at both my strengths and my weaknesses.
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Step by Step, meditations for living the Twelve Steps. Muriel Zink