Back again -
I was cogitating a mite on something that came up as a topic in a meeting a while back and two pictures appeared.
The first is an oil done in the dark colors and harsh lighting of night. it shows a man in a restauraunt/bar, showing the wear and tear that some of us do after a long afternoon and evening of drinking. Red and blue lights flashing through the windows, two policemen have the man in the position, checking for weapons and getting ready to cuff him.
I see another picture - pastels this time, of the same man sitting at the restauraunt in the same establishment with his family eating dinner on another evening. No drinking carousing and troublemaking on this day. Greetings from friends and neighbors. Quiet conversation and smiles.
What's the difference? For myself and many others it was God, the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous and time that made the difference.
In that first picture I lacked something I had in the second. It's called dignity.
Answers.com defines dignity:
(dĭg'nĭ-tē) 
n., pl., -ties.
- The quality or state of being worthy of esteem or respect.
- Inherent nobility and worth: the dignity of honest labor.
I like that first definition. Worthy of esteem or respect. One of the promises we get from living the program - and often don't even notice it...
Nuff said,
Dennis
