WHEN INTROSPECTION REVEALS DISTORTED SELF-PERCEPTIONS -
"We want to find
exactly how, when,
and where our natural
desires have warp-
ed us." (12 &
12, p, 42)
EVEN GRATITUDE GETS BENT AND TURNS THE GOOD INTO PAIN -
"Though painful
and sad, the past
cannot be changed.
However, the warped
beliefs we have devel-
oped about ourselves
and others can be
changed ... ." (It
Works, How &
Why, p. 32)
"A gift - be it
a present, a kind
word or a job done
with care and love, ex-
plains itself ... and if re-
ceivin' it embarrass-
es you, it's because
your 'thanks box'
is warped."
- Alice Childress (1920 - 1994) Afro-Amer., feminist writer
HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself, like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.