WHEN RE-OPENING OLD WOUNDS -
"Lingering resentments are like acid eating away at us. Rehearsing and re-rehearsing old injuries robs us of all that is precious. Shame never liberated a single spirit." (How Al Anon Works, p. 87)
A "TRUE SPIRIT OF HUMILITY & LOVE" MENDS THE PANGS OF SHAME -
"... we ask ourselves if we are doing this because we are truly sorry and have a genuine desire to make reparations ... . If we answer 'yes' to this question, we can be assured that we are approaching our amends in the true spirit of humility and love." (It Works, How & Why, p. 62)
"A man should
never be ashamed
to own he has been
wrong, which is but
saying, that he is wis-
er today than he
was yester-
day."
- Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744) English translator of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and essayist
*HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself, like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.
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