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to do as the Twelfth Tradition suggests, focusing on recovery principles rather than personalities. i was going to do this later this morning, but decided to take care of my personal bidness before starting my day of dealing with the business of everyone else. no i am not going to be sticking my nose into other people’s stuff, just doing what i am trusted to do. this reading is especially pertinent today, as i am going to be actively soliciting opinions on the direction of the fellowship that i choose to use as my vehicle of recovery. i am going to hear many messages today, some that are in tune with my opinions, and some that are not, the latter is where i need to focus the practice of putting these prinsiples before my personality. so as i take a moment to catch my breath and quietly prepare to become the sort of person i need to be today, it is good for me to focus on the forest rather than the trees. how in the world does that relate? well, i get hung up on the trees, for instance to tone and the presentation of the message, and lose my view of the forest, the actual message itself. the message i need to listen for toady, is what the collective conscience of those in the rooms are telling me, and not how any one individual presents that message.
it will be an interesting day, especially since i have been less than tolerant in many aspects of my life lately, including my opinions of the messenger, and i have been shooting the messenger, out loud and quietly in my head., and perhaps, no change that for sure, missing what i needed to hear. such is life in the big city of my recovery. i have ample room for growth along these lines, and i choose to allow that growth process to happen as i journey through this particular day. it is after all , all about change and evoloution of my spirituial self.

∞ DT ∞