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bluidkiti · 02-22-2025, 06:15 AM

February 22

Backing Off

He has spent all his life letting down baskets into empty wells.

~Sydney Smith

We can always resist an argument where there is obviously no chance of either side solving a problem. Taking time to evaluate the situation will save us possible embarrassment and apologies.

We don't have to be winners in matters that are unimportant to spiritual progress. We have also learned that there is no disgrace in changing directions when one way won't work.

Of course, nobody wins by retreating from a confrontation, but aggressiveness is sure to be useless. Sometimes backing off is winning if nothing is to be gained by confrontation. We can often avoid another blow to the wounded dignity we brought into our program.

To avoid what is impossible to win doesn't make me a quitter.

Today's reading is from the book Easy Does It: A Book of Daily Twelve Step Meditations*

02-22-2025, 06:15 AM	#24
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 75,393	February 22 Backing Off He has spent all his life letting down baskets into empty wells. ~Sydney Smith We can always resist an argument where there is obviously no chance of either side solving a problem. Taking time to evaluate the situation will save us possible embarrassment and apologies. We don't have to be winners in matters that are unimportant to spiritual progress. We have also learned that there is no disgrace in changing directions when one way won't work. Of course, nobody wins by retreating from a confrontation, but aggressiveness is sure to be useless. Sometimes backing off is winning if nothing is to be gained by confrontation. We can often avoid another blow to the wounded dignity we brought into our program. To avoid what is impossible to win doesn't make me a quitter. Today's reading is from the book Easy Does It: A Book of Daily Twelve Step Meditations* __________________ "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.

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