NO NEED TO BE 'THE LONE RANGER' -
"Going it alone
in spiritual matters
is dangerous." "... what
comes to us alone may be
garbled by our own rational-
ization and wishful thinking.
The benefit of walking to an-
other person is that we can
get his direct comment
and counsel on our sit-
uation." (12 & 12,
p. 60)
AN IDEAL LISTENER -
"We have found
that an ideal listen-
er will have enough
compassion to honor
our feelings, enough in-
tegrity to respect our con-
fidences, and enough in-
sight to help us keep the
exact nature of our
wrongs within our
field of vision."
(It Works, pp.
37 - 38)
"Know
how to listen,
and you will pro-
fit even from those
who talk badly."
- Plutarch (46 AD - 120 AD) Greek historian and essayist
HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself, like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.
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