“If we learn to accept our imperfections with humor, as the reflection of our very humanity, we will experience humility and tolerance, we will understand that we are already filled with forgiveness, we will see the gift of our lives, the chains will fall away, and we will be free -- free not so much from fear or 'dependence,' but free for love, for life itself.” IfsHumanityFallAcceptingOur LivesHumilityReflectionFilledToleranceChainsLove LifeImperfectionDependence Author:Ernest Kurtz
“To acknowledge, to accept, and to forgive one's parents - both what they gave and what they did not give, both one's dependence upon them and one's independence of them - is the ultimate hallmark of maturity: a perception as valid for institutions as for individuals.” InspirationalGivingIndividualParentAcceptingPerceptionUltimateIndependenceInstitutionsForgivingAcknowledgeMaturityDependenceHallmark Book:Not God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous Source: Not God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous