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bluidkiti · 09-25-2013, 08:49 AM

September 26

See Yourself Through Someone Else

Discovering character defects is not difficult -- someone else's, that is. The Fourth of the Twelve Steps of recovery consists of taking a moral inventory. Some people have no problem taking this inventory because they take other people's inventories. It is quite simple to discover what everyone else is doing wrong, but rather difficult to pinpoint our own defective behavior. Our rationalization capacities work overtime to justify everything we do. Because we are blind to our own defects, we must enlist the assistance of a trusted friend who cares enough to point out our defects to us.

09-25-2013, 08:49 AM	#26
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 70,587	September 26 See Yourself Through Someone Else Discovering character defects is not difficult -- someone else's, that is. The Fourth of the Twelve Steps of recovery consists of taking a moral inventory. Some people have no problem taking this inventory because they take other people's inventories. It is quite simple to discover what everyone else is doing wrong, but rather difficult to pinpoint our own defective behavior. Our rationalization capacities work overtime to justify everything we do. Because we are blind to our own defects, we must enlist the assistance of a trusted friend who cares enough to point out our defects to us. __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.