DIETRICH AND DI MAGGIO -
"For thousands of years, we have been demanding more than our share of security, prestige, and romance." "Never was there enough of what we thought we wanted. In all these strivings, so many of them well-intentioned, our crippling handicap had been our lack of humility ... ." (12 & 12, p. 71)
MAKING CHOICES WE CAN BE PROUD OF -
"We want to be proud of ourselves and feel at peace with our behavior, yet we are increasingly embarrassed at what we find ourselves saying and doing. These actions, attitudes and habits do not reflect the person we are striving to become." (How Al Anon Works, p. 55)
"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us."
- Jane Austen (1775 - 1817) English novelist and social commentator
*HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself. Like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.
