Courage to Change:
I am forever looking at friends and strangers and making little improvements: “She’d look much more attractive if only…” or, “He would be a lot easier to deal with if only…”
Step Ten is my daily reminder to let go of such thoughts. It reminds me to continue to take my own inventory and to promptly admit when I am wrong.
Every day I can look to myself and decide what improvement I can make. How can I grow today? What can I do by day’s end to improve myself? Is there something I can learn? Is there some challenge I can meet? Is there some old, tired fear I can walk through and be rid of? Is there some new happiness I can experience? Step Ten reminds me to be honest with myself, acknowledging my progress, admitting my mistakes, and recognizing opportunities to grow today.
Today’s Reminder:
When I keep track of my inventory on a daily basis, I no longer have to fear that I will fall into that vague, hazy state in which denial so easily takes root. When I turn this inventory over to my Higher Power, I know that I am moving toward freedom.
“A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.”
– Alexander Pope