AUGUST 14 REFLECT...

AUGUST 14 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY Step Four enables me to see myself as I really am -- my characteristics, motives, attitudes and actions. I'm taught in The Program to search out my mistakes resolutely. Where, for example, had I been selfish, dishonest, self-seeking, and frightened? I'm taught, also, that my deeply-rooted habit of self-justification may tempt me to "explain away" each fault as I uncover it, blaming others for my own shortcomings. WILL I BELIEVE THAT PERSONAL HONESTY CAN ACHIEVE WHAT SUPERIOR KNOWLEDGE OFTEN CANNOT? TODAY I PRAY May I not make the Fourth Step a once-over-lightly, let's-get-it-over-with exercise in self-appraisal. May I know that, once I take this Step, I must review it again many times until it becomes like the other eleven, a way of like for me. May I protect the value of my Fourth Step from my old habit of head-tripping and buck-passing my way out of responsibility. TODAY I WILL REMEMBER Personal honesty paves the way to recovery. hugs with love