I do not know what I appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only...playing on the seashore...whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.--Sir Isaac Newton.

Before the program we chose to see only what we wanted and turned away from any distractions. We may have been aware of obsessive or addictive problems, but those were off to our left or right. We may have seen the emotional or physical breakdown of a person or family, but this was also off to the side. What lay ahead was just getting throught a day and on to a future we hoped would be better.

The program has helped us deal with the problems we always put off. Today we know we must meet every problem face to face without running away or avoiding it. What lies ahead of us is no longer as important as what lies right in front of us.

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Are there issues I've been avoiding? Tonight I can take one of those issues and see it clearly. I will be unafraid to meet the challenge.