Sincerity.

[Dan]

Self-Honesty.

We were told at our first AA meeting that half-measures will avail us nothing. What's needed is a sincere desire to stop drinking and seek a new way of life.
As we continue in the program, we learn that sincerity is an ingredient for success in everything we do. Quite often, we may find that we're failing in something simply because our heart isn't really in it.

We can't force ourselves into a sincere posture. Instead, the answer is to know ourselves well enough to know just how we feel about everything we do.
We learn to be careful about attempting to do something when our heart is not really in it. We may be doing something we dislike merely for the recognition and money it gives us. For real sincerity, we need more than that, and the truths of the program will help us find it.

I'll be conscious today of the sincerity I have about the things I am attempting to do.There may be some things I need to abandon or at least change.

From the book Walk in Dry Places.

[Five]

Very simular to "values" in my opinion. I do well at things I value, and less well with things that I see "valueless". Like it or lump it, we all want things that will serve us well. I look at values as I look at beliefs. I need, often, to change my values. Look at them etc so I come to see that things that I thought had no meaning and value, actually do and are worth my effort. Best example is a tidy flat: man that used to mean nothing to me, but today I think it is an essential component for peace of mind and positivity! It has value!

Cheers Dan.