October 22 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON
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October 22 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON
October 22 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON:
Once I am immersed in the Al-Anon program in my search for peace of mind, I feel I am committed to the effort to understand my own drives and motives, and to correct those, which are hampering me.
The search for self-understanding is a difficult, if not impossible, thing to achieve fully. But we can learn a lot about ourselves if we have the courage to face our real motives, without deceiving ourselves with evasions. We can, if we don’t allow uneasy guilt feelings to obscure our good qualities, which we must recognize and build upon.
TODAY’S REMINDER
Taking my own inventory does not mean concentrating on my shortcomings until all the good is hidden from view. Recognizing the good is not an act of pride or conceit, as I may have feared. If I recognize my good qualities as God-given, I can do it with true humility while experiencing joyous satisfaction in what is pleasant, loving and generous in me.
“I am larger, better than I thought, I did not know I held so much goodness.” – Walt Whitman
Once I am immersed in the Al-Anon program in my search for peace of mind, I feel I am committed to the effort to understand my own drives and motives, and to correct those, which are hampering me.
The search for self-understanding is a difficult, if not impossible, thing to achieve fully. But we can learn a lot about ourselves if we have the courage to face our real motives, without deceiving ourselves with evasions. We can, if we don’t allow uneasy guilt feelings to obscure our good qualities, which we must recognize and build upon.
TODAY’S REMINDER
Taking my own inventory does not mean concentrating on my shortcomings until all the good is hidden from view. Recognizing the good is not an act of pride or conceit, as I may have feared. If I recognize my good qualities as God-given, I can do it with true humility while experiencing joyous satisfaction in what is pleasant, loving and generous in me.
“I am larger, better than I thought, I did not know I held so much goodness.” – Walt Whitman
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