July 2012
67 posts
Not all the way through
I’ve never been perfect
But neither have you” —
I pray that I may face every situation without fear. I pray that nothing will prove too hard for me to bear.
I pray that I may not allow those about me to spoil my peace of mind. I pray that I may keep a deep inner calm throughout the day.
If we feel the need of saying something to put another member on the right track, we should try to say it with understanding and sympathy, not with a critical attitude. We should keep everything out in the open and above-board. The A.A. program is wonderful, but we must really follow it. We must must all pull together or we’ll all be sunk. We enjoy the privilege of being associated with A.A. and we are entitled to all its benefits. But gossip and criticism are not tolerance, and tolerance is an A.A. principle that is absolutely necessary to group unity.
Am I truly tolerant of all my group’s members?