April 2, 2023
“As I carried the Fourth Step into the next directional action, the Fifth … I began to gain by pain, to win by losing, to get control by letting go of control. And good feelings poured in from all sides. I discovered how many words that I had been fond of using were actually traps, setting off negative thinking — ‘If only…,’ ‘You always…,’ ‘never,’ ‘forever,’ ‘If you would only…,’ and so on. I dug in and tried desperately to change word habits, to share time instead of spending it.”
Pompano Beach, Florida, June 1978, “It Takes What It Takes,” Step By Step
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