“When I complain about me or about you, I am complaining about God’s handiwork. I am saying that I know better than God.” (Page 417, Big Book)
“it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves” (Jubilate)
To praise or damn myself is to praise or damn someone else’s work. Not my role, not my business.
To have my own plans and designs, wishes, and ambitions is to misappropriate. I belong to God, not me. I’m not here for me.