George Caywood

The more I replace self-centeredness with spiritual centeredness the more restful life seems.

If I have no compassion for myself I lose much of my ability to offer others real compassion. Instead I am tempted to offer them condescending praise.

Obedience to the Great Command, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”, also means that I will treat myself with the same compassion I offer to others.

Since I have a hard time understanding myself, I certainly lack the knowledge of other people that would make me a qualified critic of their character and behavior.

Liking myself as God likes me seems impossible to me. I guess that means I am powerless to believe God likes me and powerless to like myself. When I think about it, admitting that I am powerless in these areas is the first step toward the miracle which I so deeply need.

Humility is not denying I have wonderful gifts. Humility is remembering to be thankful to God for my wonderful gifts.

Program gave me the gift of knowing other people in my program have my character defects and that other people’s abilities are as wonderful as mine.

God’s favorite joke with me is to cause me to tell someone else exactly what I refusing to hear. As I am talking to other person my hearing aid turns on and I have to listen to myself tell myself the very thing I do not want to hear.

Before I had program, when I participated in a small group, along some helpful things, I picked up tips on living in denial.