Endigar 567 ~ Facing Ourselves
From the Daily Reflections of October 6;
. . . and Fear says, “You dare not look!” (Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, page 49)
How often I avoided a task in my drinking days just because it appeared so large! Is it any wonder, even if I have been sober for some time, that I will act that same way when faced with what appears to be a monumental job, such as a searching and fearless moral inventory of myself? What I discover after I have arrived at the other side—when my inventory is completed—is that the illusion was greater than the reality. The fear of facing myself kept me at a standstill and, until I became willing to put pencil to paper, I was arresting my growth based on an intangible.
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How much of my reality is a mirror of my own self-awareness. My attitude toward God improves with my improved attitude to Myself. My emotional response to other people are about my emotions toward myself. My integrity in outward communication is a reflection of my fearless inward communication. My acceptance of life on life’s terms reflects the level of acceptance I have allowed for my own humanity. The most powerful thing I can do is face my way of living and seek spiritual progress, and let that reflect into the world around me.
Daily Reprieve 
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