August 4

Something there is that doesn’t love a wall
That wants it down.

Robert Frost

I try in all ways to be good, kind, helpful -- to give people the benefit of my wisdom and advice.  This is a wall?  It is.  True giving of myself requires not advice or helpfulness, but allowing others to be, without trying to change their opinions or protect them from making mistakes.  Telling another what to do erects a wall between us.  Walls keep us apart.  When I am tempted to give advice, I need to practice the discipline of listening, instead.  That is real closeness, without barriers.

For today:  I freely give to other what this program has given me, remembering that the only authority here is God as each of us understands God.