“We’ll listen politely to those who would advise us, but all the decisions are to be ours alone.” (Page 37, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions)
Except any decision I make is not mine alone.
Any assessment I make is not mine alone.
I can’t assess anything without a guide.
Something has to take me from the incoming sense data to the sense I make of what I see and hear.
The guide to ‘what is going on’ is either the ego or God.
It’s like reading a newspaper to find out what’s going on in the world.
I can either read The Daily Ego or The Daily Prophet.
The Daily Ego is largely doom and gloom.
The Daily Prophet is always hopeful.
If I’m unhappy, I’ve been reading the wrong newspaper.