The Hypocrite, the Scoundrel, and the Flatterer.

Here's a take on The Lord's Prayer from an anonymous member of Alcoholics Anonymous: "The word is as.  I ask that my trespasses be forgiven as I forgive those who trespass against me.  In this case as means 'in the same manner.'  I am asking to be forgiven in the same manner as I forgive others."

Makes me take a second look at exactly how I'm extending forgiveness to those who I believe have wronged me.  Makes me understand that the quality of the forgiveness extended to me is predicated on the forgiveness I grant others.

From The Big Book: "I had tried to be the center of my own little world, whereas God was the center of a vast universe of which I was perhaps an essential, but very tiny part."  

My own little world . . . . 

A very tiny part . . .  

So sayeth the great poet William Blake: "If one is to do good, it must be done in the minute particulars.  General good is the plea of the hypocrite, the scoundrel, and the flatterer."

I see the segue between the quote from our literature and the wisdom of Blake: I am important but in a teeny, tiny way.  I am important but not as important as I think I am.  I am important but not as important as you.  If I can't take care of my behavior when I'm navigating the little challenges of life then I'm never going to be able to preach down from the lofty heights to which I aspire.  In other words: Don't be an asshole today.  Don't worry about the big things.  Pay close attention to the little things and the big things will fall into place.

Make God isn't an outside entity.  Maybe God is just inside us.