"The minute I stopped arguing, I could begin to see and feel. Right there, Step Two gently and very gradually began to infiltrate my life. I can't say upon what occasion or upon what day I came to believe in a Power greater than myself, but I certainly have that belief now. To acquire it, I had to stop fighting and practice the rest of A.A.'s program as enthusiastically as I could." TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p.27
After years of indulging in a "self-will run riot," Step Two became for me a glorious release from being all alone. Nothing is so painful or insurmountable in my journey now. Someone is always there to share life's burdens with me. Step Two became a reinforcement with God, and I now realize that my insanity and ego were curiously linked. To rid myself of the former, I must give up the latter to One with far broader shoulders than my own.
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Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain.
One thing we learn in A.A. is to take a long view of drinking instead of a short view. When we were drinking we thought more about the pleasure or release that a drink would give us than we did about the consequences that would result from our taking that drink. Liquor looks good from the short view. When we look in a package store window, we see liquor dressed up in its best wrappings, with fancy labels & decorations. They look swell. But have I learned that what's inside those beautiful bottles is just plain poison to me?
Meditation for the Day ~
I believe that life is a school in which I must learn spiritual things. I must trust in God & He will teach me. I must listen to God & He will speak through my mind. I must commune with Him in spite of all opposition & every obstacle. There will be days when I will hear no voice in my mind & when there will be no intimate heart-to-heart communion. But if I persist, & make a life habit of schooling myself in spiritual things, God will reveal Himself to me in many ways.
Prayer for the Day ~
I pray that I may regularly go to school in things of the spirit. I pray that I may grow spiritually by making a practice of these things.
(May it be a God or Higher Power of our own understanding) Danielle x
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Progress not perfection.. & Practice makes Progress!
