Still Looking for that Mirror

Self occurs 169 times in the A.A. literature.  If you add selfish, selfishness, and selfishly tack on another 20.  No one has ever called me Mr. Perceptive but I'm sensing a trend here.  Others rings in at a cool 150.  Not quite the oomph  of the 200 mentions of self but not shabby, either.  There's probably some nuance with others in that the word is likely closely associated with self; as in we're so selfish we almost never think of others.

Luckily for us, our guiding principles stress over and over that we are only responsible for one person and that's where our responsibility ends.  We take care of our own business and leave everyone else alone unless it's blindingly, glaringly obvious we can be of service.  In all cases we're encouraged to look at our part in every, little, fucking thing and to leave everyone else the fuck out of it.  You'll see this idea repeated over and over because we don't want to look at ourselves.  It's painful to mess up and then take responsibility for it.  It's easier to blame someone else and it's really easy when, in fact, the other person messes up and everyone is going to mess up from time to time.  How about giving the other guy a break?  How about taking a deep breath and letting it go - whatever it is - instead of laying on the horn or running your mouth?

Resolutely:  Admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering.

"Putting out of our minds the wrongs others had done us, we resolutely liked for our own mistakes.  The inventory was ours, not the other man's."

See?  Two short sentences and other shows up twice.  It's relentless