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:: Thursday, July 22, 2004 ::

humility

God, I offer myself to Thee to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self that I may better do Thy Will. Take away my difficulties that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of Life. May I do Thy Will always.

Oh, that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would always be with me, and that You would keep me from evil.

Thank You for keeping me sober today. Amen.

Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights. The shadows of poverty and meanness gather around us, “and lo! creation widens to our view.” -- Henry David Thoreau, Walden

Humility provides everyone, even him who despairs in solitude, with the strongest relationship to his fellow man, and this immediately, though, of course, only in the case of complete and permanent humility. -- Franz Kafka, The Fourth Notebook, February 24, 1918

The foundation of humility is truth. The humble man sees himself as he is. If his depreciation of himself were untrue,... it would not be praiseworthy, and would be a form of hypocrisy, which is one of the evils of Pride. The man who is falsely humble, we know from our own experience, is one who is falsely proud. -- Henry Fairlie, “Pride,” The Seven Deadly Sins Today

I awoke feeling a little better today. I remember a dream of talking with a woman from an eyeglasses store, and she knew my late friend Debbie and recognized my name. That's all I remember about it.

I spent most of Sunday reconstructing QuickBooks for Lambda, and we had our business meeting on Monday night. We are in such better shape than a year ago and have made progress the past couple of months. If we can continue with surpluses for one or two more months, we should again meet our target prudent reserve.

On Tuesday, I met with the numerologist. I was hoping to hear something encouraging. At least the worst part passed with July 11. I will probably continue to be annoyed with people the next couple of months, but things should begin looking up toward the end of September. We both agreed that it's time for me to play more.

I still can't totally hear out of my right ear, but it seems to be getting better. I think the ear infection is gone.

I think I'll discuss humility at tonight's meeting after dinner with Mom and Dad.

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