Stepping Outside – Step Four (Part 2)

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There really isn’t too much more to say about step number four. Of course, if we look at it in the light of step number 10 then their really is a lot to do in the course of our normal day. After all, step 10 starts with the word “continued”.

What I would like to mention here is the very last word in step number four, “ourselves”. Much of the time during the day I feel my old friend rationalization kick in. It tells me that when an incident might happen during the day that should certainly apply to my searching and fearless inventory, I have a need little way of putting it in a different cubbyhole. I can find million and one excuses or reasons to not chalk that incident up to one of my shortcomings or character defects. I know, from my first personal inventory, that my so-called ego can certainly do a wonderful job in building me up to be blameless, a victim, or perfect. The most important thing I have to do as a result of these steps is to always be on my guard against slipping into old habits. In my case, they are there, in the shadows, waiting to rear their ugly heads. I can’t stop them from popping up from time to time but if I remain diligent and work on my conscious contact with God, it can learn to slay these beasts as soon as they pop up.