Post by Stacie S on Aug 17, 2003 12:47:41 GMT -5
[glow=blue,22,300]The Fourth Step suggests we make a seacrching and fearless moral inventory - not an immoral inventory of ourlsves. The Steps are guidelindes to recovery, not whipping posts for self-flagellation. Taking my inventory doesn't mean concentrating on my shortcomings uintil all the good is hidden from view. by the same token, recognizing the good not be an act of pride or conceit. If I recognize my good qualities as God-given, I can take an inventory with true humility while experiencing satisfaction in what is pleasant, loving and generous in me. Will I try to believe, in Walt Whitman's words, that " I didnot know I held so much goodness..."?[/glow]
[/b] All the sayings come from a book called A day at a Time.