When I was a teenager, I was interested above all in two things. What I felt and who I was.
In AA, I have been taught to concentrate on what I am doing and what I am thinking, and to ensure that these are directed along sound lines.
If I concern myself with my action and my thinking, what I feel and who I am take care of themselves.
To quote Chuck C.
In AA, I have been taught to concentrate on what I am doing and what I am thinking, and to ensure that these are directed along sound lines.
If I concern myself with my action and my thinking, what I feel and who I am take care of themselves.
To quote Chuck C.
'I think losing yourself in life guarantees finding yourself
in God. Guarantees it, because all you've got to do is to get rid of the
roadblocks. You lose yourself in life and find yourself in God. And so I
wouldn't, if I were you, spend another five seconds trying to find self-worth
or anything else. To find yourself, yes. To realise that whatever it is you're
looking for is right here inside you—what you're looking for you're looking
with; what you came here to get came with you. Everything you've ever wanted to
know you've always known, and everything you've wanted to be you've always
been, but it's covered up. It's covered up, so we uncover and discover. Forget
about you—to hell with you. Maybe you've got a little better break on that than
I have. Maybe you have, and maybe you haven't. Let the chips fall where they
may. The beautiful thing about this deal is not to get serious about yourself,
to make the whole deal a game. A play of life upon itself. And to have fun at
it.' (NPOG 126:1)