DAILY ACCEPTANCE

 

Too much of my life has been dwelling upon the faults of others.

This is a most subtle and perverse form of self-satisfaction.

It permits us to remain comfortably unaware of our own character defects.

Too often we've been heard to say, "if it weren't for him or her: how happy I'd be."

Our very first problem is to accept our present circumstances as they are, ourselves as we are, and the people about us as they are.

This is to adopt a realistic humility without no genuine advance could even begin.

Again and again, we shall need to return to that unflattering point of departure.

This is an exercise in acceptance that we can profitably practice every day of our lives.

Provided we strenuously avoid turning these realistic surveys of the facts of life into unrealistic alibis for apathy or defeatism,

They can be the sure foundation upon which increased emotional health and therefore spiritual progress can be built

 

Page 44, As Bill Sees It.