“Bright days and dark days were both expressions of the Great Mystery, and the Indian reveled in being close to the Great Holiness."

Chief Luther Standing Bear  Sioux

When ready, we say something like this: "My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad. I pray that you remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here, to do your bidding. Amen." We have then completed Step Seven.

Big Book  pg. 76

Reprinted with permission A.A.W.S.

...At the moment we are trying to put our lives in order. But this not an end in itself. Our real purpose is to fit ourselves to be of maximum service to God and the people about us.

Big Book  pg. 77

Reprinted with permission A.A.W.S.

Grandfather, I offer you my good and my bad.