Dr Bob on Humility

On his desk Dr Bob, a cofounder of AA, had a plaque defining humility

“‘As Dr. Bob said…:’”

Humility is …

‘Perpetual quietness of heart. 

It is to have no trouble. 

It is never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore; to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. 

It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised, it is to have a blessed home in myself where I can go in and shut the door and kneel to my Higher Power in secret and be at peace, as in a deep sea of calmness, when all around and about is seeming trouble.’”

From; Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers (1980), page 222

 

Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers
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