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Post by caressa on Dec 9, 2008 10:38:06 GMT -5
Although I didn't make it to my meeting this week, I had a conversation with my sponsor. The letter "J" was the topic for discussion and I told her that if I had been there, my sharing would have been on justification. It seemed like all of my life I felt I had to justify who I was, made excuses for my reasons for living, and justify my very existance.
I was big on jugdgement, mostly judging myself more than others. I was a very hard task master and beat myself when I didn't meet the high standards that I projected onto myself.
She told me she had shared on joy. Ironically, I had watched the show The Joy of Living with Joyce Myers that morning and she had talked about joy being a decision we made like other emotions. It is a state of mind and I can choose to go there or live without it.
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Post by SunnyGirl on Dec 9, 2008 17:29:03 GMT -5
If I was at your meeting, I would have shared on being judgmental.
"THOSE WHO JUDGE DON'T MATTER. THOSE WHO MATTER DON'T JUDGE."
I used to be real quick on making snap judgments, I was finding I was a little to quick sometimes. Today, I try to take a little longer and leave myself open to changing my opinion. Not every person or situation is what it appears in the beginning. I've been fooled by people that I thought were good and honest and was taken advantage of. On the flip side, I've know people who, in the beginning, appeared to be worthless so-and-so's and they ended up being great friends.
You can't judge a book by it's cover....... SG
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Post by majestyjo on Aug 1, 2015 21:48:30 GMT -5
Self-justification was a really difficult short coming to overcome. I felt like all my life that I had to justify my existence. I can still find myself doing it in today, at least to myself, even if I don't verbalize it. I came to realize it was a form of personal abuse and I didn't deserve it. My "J" word thought today was, "Just do it!" Don't hum and haw. Don't question, should I or shouldn't I. If you got a thought, there is a good chance it came from your Higher Power, that is if you turned your day over to Him/Her and asked for Good Orderly Direction for today. If you are doubting yourself, you are doubting God according to my sponsor.
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