Blame

There is no need for me to accept blame for another person's irrational actions. I will deal with my own shortcomings. If I do this honestly ... the change in me will be reflected in every person whose life touches mine.
(One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 4 October)
14 April 2015

Year-End Inventory

The purpose of my inventory is to get a clear picture of where I now stand, to recognize shortcomings that still need to be corrected, and not to use any self-deceiving means of justifying them. (One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 1 December) 30 December 2012

Shortcomings

What are the shortcomings that are hampering me, and how can I rid myself of them? (One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 12 May) 3 June 2012

Shortcomings

There is no need for me to accept blame for another person's irrational actions.  I will deal with my own shortcomings.  (One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 4 October) 13 October 2011

Watching Sports on My Computer

... I can do a great deal to improve my life by rooting out my own shortcomings. (One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 10 June)

Any idea seriously entertained tends to bring about the realization of itself. (Joseph Chilton Pearce in The Promise Of A New Day by Casey and Vanceburg, 3 August)

... none of us is too poor to give love, respect, attention, encouragement, time, caring, assistance, compassion. (Larsen and Hegarty, Believing In Myself, 22 August)

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Yesterday my neighbor Jim and I learned how to watch tennis and Little League Baseball using ESPN 3 on our laptop computers. I even got the Picture-In-A-Picture to work. All very cool.

Mr. Dickie

28 August 2011