THEY'RE JUST NOT WORTH TAKING TO THE GRAVE -
"Certain distress-
ing or humiliating mem-
ories, we tell ourselves,
ought not be shared with
anyone. These will remain our
secret." "We hope they'll go to
the grave with us. Yet if [our
program's] experience means
anything at all, this is not
only unwise, but is actual-
ly a perilous resolve."
(12 & 12, p. 56)
FINDING THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE TO TRUST -
"As we share our
most personal feel-
ings and our most care-
fully guarded secrets, we
may experience anguish.
However, many of us have
looked up and seen uncondi-
tional love in the eyes of the
person hearing our Fifth
Step." "... that moment
helped us to feel a part
of the program." (It
Works, How &
Why, p.
37)
"If you reveal
your secrets to the
wind you should not
blame the wind for
revealing them to
the trees."
Kahill Gibran (1883 - 1931) Lebanese-American
philosopher / novelist
HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself, like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.
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