And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When
I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or
situation~some fact of my life~unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity
until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way
it is supposed to be at this moment.
Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens in God’s world by mistake. Until I accept my alcoholism, I could not
stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life’s terms I cannot be
happy. I need to concentrate not so much
on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me
and in my attitudes.
Shakespeare said, “All the world’s a stage, and all the
men and women merely players.” He forgot
to mention that I was the chief critic.
I was always able to see the flaw in every person, every situation. And I was always glad to point it out,
because I knew you wanted perfection, just as I did. A.A. and acceptance have taught me that there
is a bit of good in the worst of us and a bit of bad in the best of us; that we
are all children of God and we have a right to be here.
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