The material presented
here is not Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature. It is a method
to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
Todays reading is about the destructive nature in judging others. The writer describes having grown up in a family that communicated through teasing, criticism and jabs at one another. The writer developed a defense mechanism of sarcasm and ridiculing others. In general, the writer felt better about him/herself by knocking others down. Over time the writer grew tired of this cycle and through program work focused on this character defect.
Im sure it is no coincidence that I have now written several times about sarcasm. In my big family there was always (what seemed like) good natured teasing and poking fun, but the result for me became preemptive strikes when I either was the provoker of jabs or thinking about my sarcastic response to them. I continually work at examining this one; understanding how this affects myself and others is a big part of my work in progress.
The quotation from One Day at a Time in Al-Anon (p.20) is the perfect reminder:
Thank you Mary for your service on this fine, cool (finally), Halloween day!
What fantastic ESH about this topic!!! I can relate strongly, so have really enjoyed the different perspectives.
Feeling particularly Grateful today!
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"The wolf that thrives, is the one you feed." - Cherokee legend
"Hello, sun in my face. Hello you who made the morning and spread it over the fields... Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness." Mary Oliver
). So there is definitely a two fold benefit that I see for me when you work
