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bluidkiti · 08-23-2024, 05:54 AM

August 23

I have never for one instant seen clearly within myself. How then would you have me judge the deeds of others?

~Maurice Maeterlinck

We have been given the job of getting to know ourselves and reclaiming our own sanity. We aren't so good at it that we have spare time and energy left to make judgments about those around us. We are tempted to become absorbed in their behavior and choices, and it does feel like a welcome distraction from anxieties about ourselves. So we must learn to detach from the family members and friends that we are tempted to fix, or monitor, or judge.

Although we are very close, we are on separate paths in life. We were not born together, and we will not die together. We will make our family or our friendships and the world a little bit better by staying centered on our own sanity.

I pray for a clear separation between what is on my path in this program and what is on someone else's path. Then we can make good bridges between us.

Today's reading is from the book Touchstones: A Book of Daily Meditations for Men*

08-23-2024, 05:54 AM	#23
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 75,744	August 23 I have never for one instant seen clearly within myself. How then would you have me judge the deeds of others? ~Maurice Maeterlinck We have been given the job of getting to know ourselves and reclaiming our own sanity. We aren't so good at it that we have spare time and energy left to make judgments about those around us. We are tempted to become absorbed in their behavior and choices, and it does feel like a welcome distraction from anxieties about ourselves. So we must learn to detach from the family members and friends that we are tempted to fix, or monitor, or judge. Although we are very close, we are on separate paths in life. We were not born together, and we will not die together. We will make our family or our friendships and the world a little bit better by staying centered on our own sanity. I pray for a clear separation between what is on my path in this program and what is on someone else's path. Then we can make good bridges between us. Today's reading is from the book Touchstones: A Book of Daily Meditations for Men* __________________ "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.