Be Who You Are, and Let Go of Who You Are Not

For me Steps four through seven are all about letting go of "not me".

Step four is a dual exploration, of learning what I am.  I find it most healthy to look first for the good... and then to shine my brightest light so I can see my shortcomings. Then I openheartedly study and name each one until all corners of my dark room are explored and known. 


Then comes Step five, the sharing step, where I speak through it all with a trusted program partner.  I've always believed in keeping a copy of my first treatise on my Self.


While Steps six and seven have always seemed redundant, I guess it is through their repetition that I learn how to let go and let go and let go....

For I am not my flaws, and I am not my diagnosis either. I am me.

Learn to .. be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not. ~Henri Frederic Amiel