Today's Reading - For Today

"How shall we expect charity toward others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves?" Sir Thomas Browne The injustice we do ourselves was aptly expressed by a member who said, "If someone treated me the way i treat myself, I'd sue." While it may be true that I tend to be harder on myself that I am on others, in a larger sense, if I do not feel kindly toward myself, I cannot extend kindness to others. I am allowed to make mistakes, and so are other people. Errors can be pointed out and corrected without harsh measures or cruel words, without venomous self-recrimination. For today: Steps four through nine are a highly effective way to deal with my inability to accept imperfections - my own and others'.