June 9 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON
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June 9 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON
June 9 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON:
What wonderful things could happen in my life if I could get rid of my natural impulse to justify my actions! Is honesty so deeply repressed under layers of guilt that I cannot release it to understand my motives? Being honest with ourselves isn’t easy. It is difficult to search out why I had this or that impulse, and why I acted upon it. Nothing makes us feel so vulnerable as to give up the crutch of The Alibi.
Yet I know that self-deception multiplies my problems. How shall I correct this?
TODAY’S REMINDER
I will pick out just one character defect I can freely admit, and reason it away, right out of my whole being. Let’s say that I analyze my impulse to resent. If I convince myself of its futility, I will see unexpected, welcome changes in my experience.
I will examine my real reasons for every decision I make that involves taking action. If this shows me I am deceiving myself as to my true motives, I will try to correct this self-deception at its source.
“We know well enough how to excuse and color our own doings, but we find it difficult to accept those of others.”
What wonderful things could happen in my life if I could get rid of my natural impulse to justify my actions! Is honesty so deeply repressed under layers of guilt that I cannot release it to understand my motives? Being honest with ourselves isn’t easy. It is difficult to search out why I had this or that impulse, and why I acted upon it. Nothing makes us feel so vulnerable as to give up the crutch of The Alibi.
Yet I know that self-deception multiplies my problems. How shall I correct this?
TODAY’S REMINDER
I will pick out just one character defect I can freely admit, and reason it away, right out of my whole being. Let’s say that I analyze my impulse to resent. If I convince myself of its futility, I will see unexpected, welcome changes in my experience.
I will examine my real reasons for every decision I make that involves taking action. If this shows me I am deceiving myself as to my true motives, I will try to correct this self-deception at its source.
“We know well enough how to excuse and color our own doings, but we find it difficult to accept those of others.”
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