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When Identifying Our Most Dreadful Mistakes; Why Wouldn’t We or Would We want to have the Whole Truth Be Told – Step 4

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ZQ:    What surprises have you found once you’ve fearlessly searched for your own part in mistakes and bad situations, lately?

“Truth is the best advocate. Truth and oil always come to the surface. Truth is mighty and will prevail.” Full excerpt on mistakes below.

I Hate This Part – Pussycat Dolls (3:37)  

Awaken to Truth Healing Theta Hz Meditation (6:30)

 

GOING OVERBOARD –

“We do not pro-
crastinate.” “We want
to tell the simple truth, cut
and dried, as quickly as pos-
sible. There is always a dan-
ger that we will exaggerate our
wrongs. It is equally danger-
ous to minimize or rationalize
our part in past situations.
After all, we still want to
sound good.” (The
Basic Text, p. 33)

 

THE FEARLESS PART –

“I can ask myself
to what extent have
my own mistakes fed
my gnawing anxieties.
And if the actions of others
are part of the cause, what
can I do about that? If I am un-
able to change the present
state of affairs, am I willing
to take the measures ne-
cessary to shape my life
to conditions as they
are?” (12 & 12,
p. 52)

 

“There should
be a readiness, on
our part, to investigate
with candor to follow
the truth wherever it
may lead us … .”

– Simon Greenleaf (1783 – 1853) U.S. judge

Truth

 

  1. Truth is the best advocate.
  2. Truth and oil always come to the surface.
  3. Truth is mighty and will prevail.
  4. Truth is straight but judges are crooked.
  5. Truth may be suppressed but never strangled.
  6. Truth never perishes.
  7. Truth stretches but never breaks.
  8. Truth’s cloak is often lined with lies.
  9. Truth breeds hatred.
  10. Truth may be blamed, but cannot be shamed.

(http://www.english-for-students.com/Trouble.html)

 

 

Comments

3 responses to “When Identifying Our Most Dreadful Mistakes; Why Wouldn’t We or Would We want to have the Whole Truth Be Told – Step 4”

  1. Br. Buddha Avatar
    Br. Buddha

    Good morning everyone + happy Sunday. Here is today’s thought. Embrace the work you do in serving God + others. Blessings. BB

  2. Jon G. Avatar
    Jon G.

    This topic really hit home because I am currently working on my 4th step and I have been procrastinating horribly. I have 30 days off from work starting this Thursday and I have promised myself I will use all the free time to work on my inventory–but I have made that promise before. With respect to minimizing or rationalizing my part in my resentments, I too have a tendency to do that but I really want to avoid doing that this time because I believe the 4th column (or my part in the situation) is the most important part of the inventory because I can only change my behavior not the other person involved.

  3. Adam Avatar
    Adam

    I create my own resentments and am certainly willing to work on them. I’ve started listing them so I think that is demonstrating my willingness.

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