We can take an inventory for a moment. What are we presently doing that makes us ashamed or angry or fearful? ~ Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning

The last three Steps are maintenance tools,
continued for life…but then again
the first nine aren’t do-once-and-ignore.
Step Ten is, “Continued to take
personal inventory
and when we were wrong
promptly admitted it.”
What are we doing
that makes us ashamed,
angry, or fearful?
We patch the mess while it’s fresh
and sleep comes easily, guilt laid aside.
We think of the 10th step as a bedtime act
but “continued” and “promptly”
indicate ant time works, sooner being better.