Stepping Outside – Step Five (Part 2)

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Well, we got to finish up step five and how we work with it when we are living our day-to-day lives. As part of “working” this 12 step program, talking to myself, and to God, about the nature of my wrongs. I don’t believe I’ve had one day go by that I didn’t feel the need to do that. It may be something small and seemingly insignificant, such as being in a hurry and brushing someone off. I may not have been considerate in my everyday life or possibly driving too fast. Of course, I don’t really, at 78, rush anymore, and now that I am legally blind I am not allowed to drive, but I’m sure you get the picture.

I’m thinking as I’m writing this, that after many years working this program, some of these things would no longer be a problem. I think when I was a “newbie”, I thought that someday I would have this all down perfectly and sit in my ivory tower, passing down sage advice to all those below. Well, my friends, it just doesn’t work that way! It might be nice if I could tell you that after X amount of time, if you learn to do this program perfectly, you can consider yourself done, and relax. I would never say it’s impossible. There may be one of you out there that is reached perfection. I, and most of us, will not. After a year doing these 12 steps, or after many years, we are still “striving” for perfection!