Yesterday I found myself yelling at my kid and I forgot to write about it last night. I didn't realize that I was yelling at him until he was yelling at me. I must re-assert myself to exercise discipline with him in a systematic way that does not employ yelling.

This morning I walked up to a street corner on my way to work. I saw a homeless man lumbering across the street toward me. He asked me for money and I told him no. He started to walk away but when he saw that I had to stop and wait for traffic he started grumbling at me. I ignored him and then he did something totally unexpected. He poked me in the nose.

I almost punched him but instead I yelled and threatened him. He yelled and cursed at me. Then I had to just stand there waiting for traffic. I was able to walk away without having acted on my violent thoughts. I immediately asked God to save me from being angry. I struggled some for a little while as I felt myself being sucked into violent and vindictive thoughts.

I had to persevere in seeking divine assistance and in exerting my will to seek forgiveness for him. I also had to catch the fact that I wanted to project my anger to all homeless people.

At noon we read my favorite pages about step 11. I had a lot that I wanted to share about the step. Then when my to came we were on the paragraph of the Saint Francis prayer. I read the prayer and was moved to refrain from sharing so as to not detract from the prayer.

I got to stay for the end of the meeting and pick up my 5 year coin. A lady got up before me and picked up a 13 year chip. I got to receive some humility along with my chip

Thanks be to God for everything.