Quotes from Bill P.

If we are humble, we are open to new ideas and new ways of seeing things. Open-mindedness is a very important part of humility. We don't know it all. There is still more we can learn. And maybe even more important, some we need to unlearn.

Sloth is the thief of time. The character defect of putting off actions "until things get better" is one of the most destructive detours we can make. Delays never make problems "go away;" they only make success harder to attain.

fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.

As we're taught in the Twelve Steps, the chief activator of our defects has been self-centered fear. Mainly fear that we would lose something we already possessed or that we would fail to get something we demanded. Living on the basis of unsatisfied demands, we obviously were in a state of continual disturbance and frustration. Therefore, we are taught, there will be no peace unless we are able to reduce these demands.

I don't get to choose which defects God will remove.

of our prayer and meditation.

In the arena of human life, the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.

definition of sarcasm is "a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound

Armed with humility, we who once dreaded change as much as death can learn to face real life with a new courage and hope.

Prayer is seeing answers and direction in life. Meditation is listening for answers from a Higher Power and developing the ability within ourselves to accept the answers.