I'll leave judgment of others to the Final Judge - Divine Providence. Today the only inventory I need to take is my own. Life was exciting, and I even began to enjoy my work, becoming so bold as to issue a report. New friends were cropping up and some of my battered friendships had begun to be repaired. ![]() I need to remind myself that my uniqueness is the blessing of my being, and that applies equally to everyone who crosses my path in life's journey. 59 I was beginning to approach my new life of sobriety with unaccustomed enthusiasm. Wait for the Lord be strong, and let you heart take courage wait for the Lord. How could I have said something like that? Gossip shows its ugly head during a coffee break or lunch with business associates, or I may gossip during the evening, when I'm tired from the day's activities, and feel justified in bolstering my ego at the expense of someone else.Ĭharacter defects like gossip sneak into my life when I am not making a constant effort to work the Twelve Steps of recovery. Daily Reflection Alcoholics Anonymous OctoDaily Reflection, 12 & 12, Step. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. Sometimes I don't realize that I gossiped about someone until the end of the day, when I take an inventory of the day's activities, and then, my gossiping appears like a blemish in my beautiful day. Here we are not trying to help those we criticize we are trying to proclaim our own righteousness. How heartily we A.A.’s can agree with him.-TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p p. Someone who knew what he was talking about once remarked that pain was the touchstone of all spiritual progress. ![]() ![]() Gossip barbed with our anger, a polite form of murder by character assassination, has its satisfactions for us, too. Daily Reflections October 3 SERENITY AFTER THE STORM.
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