Pride Goeth Before The Fall

Thank God there are no longer any coincidences!

Let’s take one step back, to yesterday, briefly.

PRIDE

So, for all my friends who are “proud” members of their groups and for all of us who continue to struggle with pride/ego.

From the Daily Reflection for July 15th;

“For thousands of years we have been demanding more than our fair share of security, prestige, and romance.” Not true. Yes, true…

Certainly my first reaction to the statement is “Not true.” Then I must remember all those prayers I offered up, you know, the ones which asked God so nicely – “Please God, send me someone to love who’ll also love me.” I had to go and put conditions on it, didn’t I? Kidding… The bottom line is those prayers were self-serving but I didn’t see it that way. Now, what I could say truthfully, is I only wanted my fair share. Until I got what I wanted and then messed it up with demands for more of whatever I thought it was lacking.

“When we seemed to be succeeding, we drank to dream still greater dreams. When we were frustrated, even in part, we drank for oblivion. Never was there enough of what we thought we wanted.”

Then, the answer comes from Alcoholics Anonymous, of all places;

“What had I overlooked? A single word: read but ignored, the foundation of all the Steps, indeed the entire Alcoholics Anonymous program – that word is ‘humbly.’

I understood my shortcomings. I constantly put tasks off; I angered easily; I felt too much self-pity; and I thought, why me? Then I remembered, ‘Pride goeth before the fall,’ and I eliminated pride from my life.”