Today's thought from Hazelden is:

Personal Responsibility

There will be times when other people will disappoint us - either intentionally or because of indifference or incompetence. If we have been counting on them, their nonperformance can cause us real anger and frustration.

Our growth, however, should teach us that such failures are part of life. While never losing trust in others, we must accept them as fallible people. Their mistakes and lapses come from the human shortcomings all of us have.

Our best course is to live without expecting too much from others. They are not here to please or satisfy us. It's possible, too, that we've been unrealistic in some of our expectations and have set ourselves up for disappointments.

Our personal responsibility is to do our best even when others fall short of our expectations. At the same time, we can grow by becoming more reliable and dependable ourselves.

We cannot use another's failure as an excuse for negligence on our part.

Today I'll expect the best, but I will know that I also have the spiritual resources to deal with the worst that can happen.
From: Walk in Dry Places by Mel B.

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I've said all of this more than once and then it hit me- I am more falliable than others have been. I'm human. How dare I be human!

What I think is a biblical phrase came to me just now- "lean not on thine own understanding." I have relied too much on my own ingenuity at times and not asked for help. Then I asked for help from other people only to come up empty. I've learned that at those times I was supposed to turn to God.