Saturday---Defects of Character

[SunnyGirl]

Saturday---Defects of Character

A "shortcoming" is like a flat tire.
A "character defect" is like driving on it.

There are times when I tend to minimize my shortcomings...
I mean my defects of character! In order for me to "chip
away" I have to get honest with myself.

My chip for today is... HONEST or DISHONEST

Today I will work harder to be honest, most of all with myself.
Some how I don't struggle as much, being honest with others,
but being honest with myself is a little harder for me. Just when
I think I have it all figured out, I discover I need to go back to
step 1.....

Peace on the journey, SunnyGirl

[Lin]

The term DEFECT really botherd me. It was like a defective appliance that is worthless and needs to be thrown in the garbage. Once I thought of them as shortcomings, I could accept that i DO have some defects of character. Often I think of them as GROWTH AREAS.

Honest and dishonest? I try very hard to always be honest. ...with myself and with othersl. I dont cheat at cards, I don't lie on my taxes, I dont take things that don't belong to me, I pay for whatever I get at work etc.

When I first came to recovery I think I was MOST dishonest with myself. I told myself my efforts to control others were working or were going to work. I told myself my life was miserable and woudl not get any better. I told myself I deserved to be unhappy and I caused the misery I was in.

I did not get past it by blaming others...jsut by recognizing that it was not my fault and by accepting others as they are.

LIN