“Later, at Wildflower meeting friends, we laughed about how easy it is to take other people’s inventory.”

“Sometimes taking somebody else’s inventory can be most beneficial. When I was doing my Fourth Step, an old-timer suggested I list the names of those against whom I held resentments, followed by two or three sentences describing what they had done to earn my displeasure. Then, after putting the list aside for a day, I was to cross off each person’s name and replace it with my own!”

Adapted from Step By Step

“We might need to review our personal inventory if we’re too concerned about the behavior of others. Ours is a program of attraction, not coercion, we “change” people only by demonstrating how well the program works for us. Any concern about another’s behavior takes time and energy away from our own commitment to self-improvement.”

Adapted from Walk in Dry Places

Meditation for the Day “The thought of God is balm for our hates and fears. In praying to God, we find healing for hurt feelings and resentments. In thinking of God, doubts and fears leave us. Instead of those doubts, and fears, there will flow into our hearts such faith and love as is beyond the power of material things to give, and such peace as the world can neither give nor take away. And with God, we can have the tolerance to live and let live.” Prayer for the Day I pray that I may have true tolerance and understanding. I pray that I may keep striving for these difficult things.”

Adapted from Twenty-Four Hours a Day