Originally Posted by
daredevil 
I know that we’re supposed to share sincerely and extemporaneously at meetings, but am I only one who compares the quality of my shares with the shares of others?
Heh. No. There's at least two of us.
In fact, this early for me, I found that the meeting I went to woke the beast of my ego. I was constantly judging everything. I was largely successful in shutting it up and keeping my ears open, but it very much felt like I was poking the bear of my addictive personality. What made it worse is that a couple of the speakers really were boring and self-indulgent. But I keep telling myself that while that may be true, it misses the point I think.
You know, they say if you aren't getting flak you aren't over the target. I suspect that - maybe just maybe - more important than what anyone is actually saying, the fact that the process forces us to confront our judgmental selves is the whole point? That the fact that the process brings us face to face with the underlying issues in a very personal way is likely telling...
-B