AA Thought for the Day
August 14, 2006
Negativism
We spent a lot of time thinking or noting or talking about
how wrong or mistaken so many other people
persistently were.
(Whether they really were or not is irrelevant to the
welcome change in our own feelings now.)
For some, the change begins with a tentative willingness
to wait and see, to accept for a moment
the hypothesis that the other person
just possibly might be right.
Before rushing to judgment,
we suspend our own argument, listen carefully,
and watch for the outcome.
Thought to Ponder....
Learn to listen; listen to learn.
Recovery Related Acronym
G O D = Giving Others Dignity.
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