Half Measures

Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. we asked His protection and care with complete abandon. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous (Kindle Locations 907-908).

 

Progress, not perfection
they say...the Big Book says...

I know I'll never reach perfection

but I can be better than I used to be...

that's not hard. I don't want 

to be that bad again. 

I'll not try for perfection,

I can't get there anyway.

But I look around at people,
see something in them

I have no clue how to get...

Am I settling for half measures?

Of course. But it's not good enough.

I'm slipping, sliding back

into the morass. Aiming for half way

gets me back to the bottom,

mired in hopelessness.