Today's Thought - January

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January 16

It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a person of wisdom.

~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Judging ourselves rightly gives us a huge edge in life. When we really know ourselves - our strengths and our weaknesses, our quirks and our beauty - then we are ready to really live.

In Steps Four and Five, we judge ourselves. In Step Four, we dig through all the stuff we carry around - our feelings, thinking, behavior, and skills - and judge what to keep and what to leave behind. In Step Five, we tell another person what we have found and make sure we are judging rightly.

Once we really know what helps and what hurts us, we can make wise choices. Once we know how we help and hurt others, we can make wise choices. Working the rest of the Steps helps us follow through on our choices. As we work Steps Six through Twelve, we become wiser and wiser.
Prayer for the Day

Higher Power, please help me become wise by really knowing myself.
Today's Action

Today I will make myself wiser by working on Step Four or Step Ten. I will write down at least two things I am carrying around, and I will tell them to my sponsor.

Today's reading is from the book God Grant Me: More Daily Meditations from the Authors of Keep It Simple*