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1. It is a spiritual axiom that every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with us.-12 & 12, p. 90
2. A person should never be ashamed to own they were in the wrong.—Jonathan Swift
In the past, we felt a mistake was a crisis. We thought we had a to be perfect. Our old ways was to try to hide our mistakes. We were ashamed. We thought making mistakes meant we were bad. Mistakes are normal. We can learn from our mistakes. They can teach us.They can guide us. The Tenth Step directs us to promptly admit when we’re wrong. Then, over time, we start to see mistakes as normal life events. As we face and correct our mistakes, shame is washed away. We feel lighter. We know it is normal to make mistakes.
~Keep It Simple
3. Do you live in tomorrow when you must face today? At times, I forget to live in the moment, but what do I miss? The setting sun, the sound of birds’ singing and, most importantly, I miss meeting myself. I am constantly changing, and if I don’t spend time with myself in the here and now, I will never get to appreciate who I truly am because I am too busy focusing on who I want to be.” –Gary Barnes
4. Nothing worse could happen to one than to be completely understood. —Carl Jung We so often long to be understood. We imagine it would cure our loneliness and empty feelings. We think of it as a kind of intimacy. Yet, we may be longing for a false goal. We are each a unique individual on an incomplete journey. We don’t yet fully understand ourselves. There is still much mystery beneath the surface of our being. If our partners or friends completely understood us, where would we go from there? We would no longer belong to ourselves.
~Touchstones