~ FAULT FINDING ~

[janbear]

~ FAULT FINDING ~

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Those see nothing but faults
that seek for nothing else.

Thomas Fuller

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The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
says, "To conclude that others were wrong
was as far as most of us ever got." It
seemed as though I spent half a lifetime
discovering the faults in others. I used this
information as a tool or weapon against
them when the need would arise, or if I
needed a victory to feel superior when I
was feeling low. How very sick. It took me
a long time to learn that all of us have
weaknesses; it's part of being an imperfect
human being. We also have strengths and
talents, sometimes waiting to be discovered.
My job now is to search for the good in
others, to overlook the pettiness, to under-
stand that they are still growing and
becoming. I am also to practice ongoing
forgiveness, for them as well as for myself,
to remember that God is still spiritually
creating us all in His image.

ONE DAY AT A TIME ...
Have I quit fault finding others? Myself? God?


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