...ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
Tradition Twelve
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Sometimes its hard to accept others character defects. As we recover together, we not only listen to others talk in meetings, we also watch how they walk through their recovery. The more we get to know other members, the more we become aware of how they live their lives. We may form opinions about how they work their program. We may find that certain members upset us, or we may even hear ourselves say, If I worked their program, I would surely use.
We have found tolerance to be a principle that strengthens not only our own recovery but also our relationships with individuals who are a source of irritation to us. It becomes easier to accept other members frailties when we remember that we ourselves rarely turn over our own character defects until we become painfully aware of them.
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Just for today: I will strive to accept others as they are. I will try not to judge others. I will focus on the principles of love and acceptance.
Today..... I needed this. Was thinking how someone belly ached the exact same message of despair, over and over, while complaining about others at the same time.
I found it hard to accept my own character defects no matter others. I had to sort out my own mess first.Getting to know others we see how they live and they see how we live too.I will not judge others as I don't like to be judged.I will focus on acceptance.
