One Day at a Time in Al-Anon:
Few of us are entirely free from a sense of guilt. We may be remorseful because of our words or actions, or for things left undone. We may even feel guilty because of irrational or false accusations by the alcoholic.
When I am troubled by a feeling of guilt, I cannot put into my day all I am capable of. I must rid myself of this feeling, not by pushing it aside, but by identifying it and correcting the cause.
Free of this weight, I can put all of my best into my day’s work and my spiritual growth. Then I will have something worthwhile to give others, instead of concentrating on my own frustrations.
Today’s Reminder:
I will refuse to be troubled by an uneasy sense of guilt. I will track it to its source and make good for any harm I have done. I will be most careful not to whitewash 1t with self-justification and self-righteousness. That would hamper everything I am trying to accomplish.
“A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essay on Self-Reliance