God will do for me what I cannot do for myself.
God will not do for me what I indeed can do for myself.
“The thoughts and beliefs that fill our minds ultimately appear in the cake of experience, and to realise this is to save oneself a lot of trouble. No one puts kerosene in the mixing bowl, because no one wants it in the cake, for everyone knows that, if it does enter the bowl, in the cake it will be.” (Emmet Fox)
“If the owner of the business is to be successful, he cannot fool himself about values.” (Chapter 5, Big Book)
What I think produces what I feel.
If I feel bad, I’m thinking bad.
If I think bad, I’ll feel bad.
It’s my job, not God’s, to sift my thoughts and figure out which to accept and which to reject.
I cannot fool myself about the value of these.
This means I need to evaluate these.
This is what daily inventory suggests:
Watch out for troubling thoughts.
Categorise them (page 84) into selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, or fear.
Then ask God for well-targeted corrective measures (three is a good number).
Then run the result past someone else if in doubt.