Then we discuss the matter carefully, we vote on alternatives, and we trust that the decision we reach together is our Higher Power’s will. ~ The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous (Kindle Locations 1307-1308).
Tradition Two: For our group purpose
there is but one ultimate authority —
a loving God as He may express Himself
in our group conscience.
Our leaders are but trusted servants;
they do not govern.
Winston Churchill said of the 1066 Magna Carta,
the agreement imposed on King John
by the nobility after defeating him at Runnymede,
"Here is a law which is above the King.”
There is a law above the leaders whether they be
trustees or kings, whether they hold office for a term
or for life like generations before them.
Real government is reached by a meeting of the minds,
by wisdom, distillation, smelting, discussion, group conscience.
We trust decisions made by group conscience
for we understand if the original resolution reached
misses the mark, the process will address the issue again until
the ideal result reveals itself.
there is but one ultimate authority —
a loving God as He may express Himself
in our group conscience.
Our leaders are but trusted servants;
they do not govern.
Winston Churchill said of the 1066 Magna Carta,
the agreement imposed on King John
by the nobility after defeating him at Runnymede,
"Here is a law which is above the King.”
There is a law above the leaders whether they be
trustees or kings, whether they hold office for a term
or for life like generations before them.
Real government is reached by a meeting of the minds,
by wisdom, distillation, smelting, discussion, group conscience.
We trust decisions made by group conscience
for we understand if the original resolution reached
misses the mark, the process will address the issue again until
the ideal result reveals itself.
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