Making Decisions

In Step Three we “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.” This is a big decision for those of us who have a tough time making even small decisions. ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. Courage to Change—One Day at a Time in Al‑Anon II (Kindle Locations 327-329). Al-Anon Family Groups. Kindle Edition.

The size of the decision.
How do you know how big it is...
deciding to go to a meeting
because Peggy believed it would help...
choosing to try one more time
when surgery seemed the answer,
and you had...or had not...
tried the surgery, but had decided
it wasn't the miracle we'd seen in the ads?
How do we make big, bold decisions
when it has been our custom
to waiver, to vacillate, to stumble
over minor ones? The answer is simple.
We make a decision
to turn our will and our lives
over to the care of God
as we understood Him,
and we surround ourselves
with Recovery people until we know
without a doubt we have made
this big decision then lean
on that Power greater than ourselves
for all the problems, no matter the size,
for the remainder of our lives.