“Fourth Road To Wisdom – D – Admitting Error” [Reflections on Louise Penny Inspector Gimache books, Passim]

Step 10 in AA’s basic book,
Gives guidance here – when goose is cooked,
You’ve blown it, “I was wrong” are words
You need to say – if you’ll be heard.

Admitting ignorance is tough –
As if our pain was not enough,
To say to group, or friend, or fam,
“I’m wrong in that,” – spit hits the fan

For others jump up, glad they’re right;
Make power-plays, now goal’s in sight,
Which they’d adhered to – triumph here
Is in their grasp, dispelling fear.

“Good fortune, unexpected, is
In Sun Tzu’s view, a tricky biz –
It blinds one to emerging threats;
A path to tragedy it sets.

That’s quite apart from phony words,
Or shallow statements sometimes heard;
“Good fortune” (when the other sees
Mistake in past) – don’t power seize.

Look twice, or thrice, when this transpires,
New ways of life, new hope inspires;
For change that’s deep, takes effort, time,
To make the shift to life sublime.

High hopes, low expectations hold
When someone says, “The truth be told,
I made an error; wrong I was.
This situation’s here, because –

“Of error made – I will correct;
I will need time – despite regret”;
Deep change we know takes time, but comes
Apart quite slowly when undone.

Thanks Holy Spirit for this.

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