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[CarolD]

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Conflict

"My conflicts went right on mounting
because I was simply loaded with excuses and refusals.
When these troubles had finally exhausted me enough,
there was yet another escape.
I would commence to wallow in the bog of guilt.
Here pride and rebellion would give way to depression.
My main theme always was, 'How god-awful I am.'
There was never a decent regret for the harms I had done,
nor was there any serious thought of making such
restitution as I could.
The idea of asking God's forgiveness,
let alone any forgiveness of myself,
never occurred to me.
My really big liability - spiritual pride and arrogance-
was not examined at all.
I had shut out the light by which I might have seen it."
Bill W., The Language of the Heart, p. 257-8



Thought to Consider . . .

Simply asking for help seems to be a help in itself.




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[lanie67]

Wow. Here is where Bill W. is such a visionary. Even the Dalai Lama talks about teaching other people and lives a somewhat monastic life. But for people to be out in the world, and turn the light on themselves like he does in this passage, how often does that happen. Not very much at all I don't think, at least not that I've seen. I could identify with a whole lot of this, on a more recent basis than I ever would have expected, except for the regret.

[CarolD]

I think this reading points us into our Step work...