You point your nose downward, not too much of course, And turn that light of scrutiny on yourself -and more times than not, the person across from you in which you were on the verge of…, or in the middle of…, something very different inside of them will awaken.

Sidenote: When I first came in to Alcoholics Anonymous, I went through the process of working the steps with a Sponsor. One of the many amends I owed was to my brother. I remember approaching him on one particular occasion and telling him about how wrong I was about put in my hand over his mouth when he cried uncontrollably -after our mom and dad left for an evening out. That was something that could have been left out of the amends. As Bill Wilson says with regard to amends that either can never be made or should never be made in person; mentioned at all for fear of hurting that person once again, “If we are sorry -we believe we will be forgiven”. The old saying “live and learn” doesn’t always sit right (with me) ya know 😔.