Self-acceptance.
At the beginning of our AA sobriety, we were reminded that we were not reformers. Yet we sometimes have a tendency to want to “reform” ourselves or others after we’ve established sobriety.
This can become a practice of “fixing things that aren’t broken”. We may not realize it, but many things in our lives and personalities were always all right, all along. In believing that we should be changed, we may be taking on the opinions of someone else. There might be no need for change at all.
We also may be trying to please people who disapproved of us. Perhaps we’re trying to obtain the affection of a parent who always rejected us. But if we’re already on a spiritual path and are living rightly, there’s no need for change. We’d be trying to fix something that isn’t broken.
I’ll accept myself and others as we are today. We are not out to reform anyone, including ourselves.
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When we do our 4th step we look deeply at ourselves…Somethings are hard to look at…We don’t like that part of ourselves…So in those areas we try to repair the damage…But what about the areas that aren’t broken…What of those…This is what this reading is talking about & there are many aspects of ourselves that are fine…In fact good…These are the areas where we found we didn’t have a part in the resentment or that our character defects were not there…We also found in our 9th step that with a lot of people we have very redeeming qualities…It was our disease they didn’t like not us…Self appraisal can be & is very valuable…An honest look at ourselves is often just what we need & like the reading say…Don’t fix what isn’t broken…Till next time
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