This morning while waiting for my work terminal to run updates I caught a bright spot on the horizon looking east. I watched teh morning sky for teh next ten minutes and saw the first beads of the sun's light peep over the edge of the world.

On my walk to the noon meeting I was very distracted by my last caller's dillema and I was late. I prayed feebly for centering and resolved to continue.

I walked up to the meeting and there were two guys standing outside. I didn't think it was enough to constitute a real meeting and my expectations were low.

We read the last few paragraphs of the chapter on step 12 in the twelve and twelve about the transformation from self centered worldliness to other centered spiritually minded people. A guy shared an analogy about old-self new self in which the old self is like a house with a grandiose facade but when you enter it is just a shack with no substance. It occurred to me that this is a great analogy for the spiritual life. That my previous world view was a facade with no substance on the inside. And conversely, the spiritual life looked like an inadequate shelter to me when I first considered it. But when I entered it was much larger than I expected. Not only was it much larger but it was full of great treasures. It proved to be a great mansion.