“I must remember that I am here for the sole purpose of improving myself and my way of life, and in every meeting there is some good to be gained, no matter what is said or done.” (ODAT, 27 March)
When the sharing is good, great. When it’s not, I can try to understand what is going wrong, and use the complaining, the negativity, the blame, the self-justification as a mirror to spot my own complaining, negativity, blame, and self-justification. I’ve learned more about what I’m like by seeing my own character defects mirrored in others than by looking directly at myself.