Don't Worry

There is no point whatever in remaining in the prison of believing that this is up to you. You do NOT exist in different lights. It is this belief which has confused you about your own reality. Why would you want to remain so obscure to yourself? ~ Wapnick, Kenneth. Absence from Felicity : The Story of Helen Schucman and Her Scribing of A Course in Miracles.

We have believed most of our lives
we were responsible…that if it was to be
it was up to “me.” But the glory of this program
is that we give up directing the whole kit and caboodle
and begin to trust a Greater Power
to take the wheel. We need not remain
in the prison of believing “that this is up to you.”
We need not remain confused about
our own reality. Like so many who have
led the way, we make a decision to turn our
will and our lives over to the care of God
as we understood Him.

Keep a Lamp Burning

To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it. ~ Mother Teresa

Recovery is not a possession
kept hidden, seldom coming
to the attention even of the person
claiming Recovery. No, Recovery
is a way of life.
As a recovering food addict,
I must put abstinence first
without exception;
I must take the next right action
in my daily life, stay in today
and act my way
into right thinking and feeling.
To keep a lamp burning
we have to keep putting oil in it,
and it is essential that this
is my whole purpose.

Realistic Humility

Our very first problem is to accept our present circumstances as they are, ourselves as we are, and the people about us as they are. This is to adopt a realistic humility without which no genuine advance can even begin. Again and again, we shall need to return to that unflattering point of departure. This is an exercise in acceptance that we can profitably practice every day of our lives. ~ AA World Services Inc. As Bill Sees It. A.A. World Services, Inc.. Kindle Edition.

Accept us as we are,
our circumstances as they are
and other people in stasis as well.
Is he right, that such acceptance
constitutes realistic humility?
Is that a prerequisite for a genuine advance
to begin? Do you resent the putdown,
"we shall need to return
to that unflattering
point of departure.
This is an exercise in acceptance
that we can profitably practice
every day of our lives."?
Is this real (realistic)
humility?

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Warning: Avoid Mindless Contempt

July 28, 2019Eagle Wings Press

“Contempt prior to examination is an intellectual vice, from which the greatest faculties of mind are not free.” ~ William Paley, Evidences of Christianity

“There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance—that principle is contempt prior to investigation.” —Herbert Spencer ~ A.A. World Services Inc. Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition . A.A. World Services, Inc.. Kindle Edition.

It’s fun to read how the Big Book
came up with a new quote
from a different source
but the truth is valid no matter
who said what when.
The issue, of course,
is the effect of contempt
before investigation.
Like many folks I’ve met
in these Rooms,
I’m analytical and arrived here
understanding completely
how the world worked.
Now, it didn’t take long at all
to understand I was not only
powerless over food
but also that the world
had become unmanageable.
As I heard the program explained
it was simplistic and could not
be halfway as effective as all I’d tried before
but I came in having read
Overeaters Anonymous, 2nd edition,
and somehow it worked
for the authors of those
personal stories.
I had looked at O.A. before
and left without saying a word.
This time a counselor  trusted
had suggested I come, so,
having the contempt at least in part
I gave it a chance.
I rejoice in having given Recovery a chance
and not having remained
in everlasting ignorance!

Anonymity

…the principle of anonymity has an immense spiritual significance. It reminds us that we are to place principles before personalities; that we are actually to practice a genuine humility. This to the end that our great blessings may never spoil us; that we shall forever live in thankful contemplation of Him who presides over us all. ~ A.A. World Services Inc. Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition. A.A. World Services, Inc.. Kindle Edition. From Long Form Tradition 12

An immense spiritual significance.
Leaving out who we are, what we do,
just we are who you see, and the life lessons
we share. Fame and recognition
we may have found in other settings
but not in these rooms.
A country music artist
in other places, a face in the circle
in the rooms. A politician
the whole world knows by sight
but that’s set aside in Recovery.
Who you are, what you do certainly
deserves honor but in these rooms
you’re free to be a person in need
of a Power who can and will
give us the promises if we work the program…
a new freedom and a new happiness.
We will not regret the past 
nor wish to shut the door on it. 
We will comprehend the word serenity 
and we will know peace.
Here we can life true humility
and be a part oof a life-changing fellowship!

The Child Within

It’s quite amazing the strength that comes to us when we nurture ourselves, when we acknowledge the scared child within and hold her, making her secure. We face nothing alone. Together, we can face anything. ~ Casey, Karen. Peace a Day at a Time: 365 Meditations for Wisdom and Serenity. Red Wheel Weiser. Kindle Edition.

We are all, in part, the child we were.
We may now be able to walk from school
to home, yet as we hold tightly
to the instructions Mother repeated
day after day as she prepared us
not realizing the obvious,
making a simple mistake of not
walking to the opposite corner
before beginning to count blocks
and make the turns in order…
the terror when home had moved,
the sense to run back and find a teacher
who asked the right questions
and got Mother there…we carry that first grader
deep within, and we still make mistakes
but have inside the kind teacher as well.
With the strength of love that surrounds us
we face nothing alone, and together
we can face anything!

The Unloving

NOTHING is lovely to the unloving. This is because they are CREATINGugliness. ~ Wapnick, Kenneth. Absence from Felicity : The Story of Helen Schucman and Her Scribing of A Course in Miracles.

If we do not love…
think about how low a bar
that establishes!
It says nothing of disdain,
of hating, of scorn,
of contempt. Rather
just not affirmatively loving…
Nothing is lovely if a person
lacks love. Rather than seeing
something…anything…as lovely,
you can only create ugliness.
How sad. In everything
make the world uglier.
Thank you, no.
I chose to love.

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The Container

The relationships we create during recovery are the container in which we do our healing work. ~ Covington, Stephanie S. A Woman’s Way through the Twelve Steps (p. 203). Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition.

A synonym of container is repository,
a central location in which data
is stored and managed.
I like the idea relationships created
during recovery are the situs
of our healing work.
Where are the relationships created?
In groups, in meetings, in interactions…
on the blasted telephone or in chat rooms…
The place, the means, the “container”
doesn’t matter. When I put my hand in yours
literally, figuratively, implicitly,
together we can do
what we could never do alone,
and truly miracles happen,
we heal each other
and find ourselves healed
and finally, life has begun!

Ending Resentment

I get everything I need in Alcoholics Anonymous—and everything I need I get. And when I get what I need, I invariably find that it was just what I wanted all the time. ~ A.A. World Services Inc. Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition. A.A. World Services, Inc. Kindle Edition.

What is resentment?
Etymologically it’s to feel again.
How does an old experience hurt you?
You feel it again, over and over again.
If you take the recorder out of
endless repetition mode,
the cycle is broken. We need not
welcome the feeling loop.
Instead, we can get our needs met
over and over again, with the extra
bonus we get our need…all of them met
and honestly want nothing more!

Handling Abstinence

“A.A. does not teach us how to handle our drinking,” he said. “It teaches us how to handle sobriety.” ~ A.A. World Services Inc. Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition. A.A. World Services, Inc.. Kindle Edition.

It’s no great trick to stop drinking; the trick is to stay stopped.
It’s no great trick to stop eating compulsively; the trick is to stay stopped.
We had quit a thousand times before we got here.
Now we can walk into a meeting and meet someone
who had quit over and over like us
but who now has not eaten compulsively for decades!
How did that happen? By reading Recovery literature,
going to O.A. meetings, working the Steps,
using the tools, and counting on the help
of a Power greater than you! It’s simple
and if done one day at a time
day after day, year after year,
without stopping staying stopped!

Ending Resentment

I get everything I need in Alcoholics Anonymous—and everything I need I get. And when I get what I need, I invariably find that it was just what I wanted all the time. ~ A.A. World Services Inc. Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition. A.A. World Services, Inc. Kindle Edition.

What is resentment?
Etymologically it’s to feel again.
How does an old experience hurt you?
You feel it again, over and over again.
If you take the recorder out of
endless repetition mode,
the cycle is broken. We need not
welcome the feeling loop.
Instead, we can get our needs met
over and over again, with the extra
bonus we get our need…all of them met
and honestly want nothing more!

Insanity

I’ve been benefited from a dictionary definition I found that reads: “Rationalization is giving a socially acceptable reason for socially unacceptable behavior, and socially unacceptable behavior is a form of insanity.” ~ A.A. World Services Inc. Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition. A.A. World Services, Inc.. Kindle Edition.

The Second Step…Came to believe 
that a Power greater than ourselves 
could restore us to sanity.It’s hard at the beginning
to make the leap from
the Second Step, We admitted
we were powerless over food —
that our lives had become unmanageableall the way to the idea we might need
to be restored to sanity…i.e.,that we are/were
insane. As for me, though, I easily acknowledge
I’m analytical, logical, able to evaluate.
Does that mean I’m prone to rationalization?
Well, yes. And do I agree, “Rationalization
is giving a socially acceptable reason
for socially unacceptable behavior,
and socially unacceptable behavior
is a form of insanity.”Well, I said
I’m analytical. Am I therefore insane?
I am, at least enough so I welcome
the application of the Steps to my
unmanageable life!
Thank God I’m insane!

Transmuted Suffering

A.A. is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress. ~AA World Services Inc. As Bill Sees It. A.A. World Services, Inc.. Kindle Edition.

We often come to Al-Anon with the philosophy that if something works, it will work even better and faster if we try harder. But Al-Anon involves a long-term process of growth and change. ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. Courage to Change—One Day at a Time in Al‑Anon II. Al-Anon Family Groups. Kindle Edition.

Transmuted, changed in form,
nature, or substance.
“The raw material
of his experience
was transmuted into stories.”
Alchemy was an effort
to transmute lead, etc.,
into gold.
If suffering is transmuted
into spiritual progress
have we found a way through
the Steps to turn base metal
into gold? It’s more
like turning coal into diamonds,
though. There’s certainly a change,
but the best changes come
months or years or decades
into Recovery. Don’t stop
until all of the miracles happen!

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Who Is God for You?

The word God has become a closed concept. The moment the word is uttered, a mental image is created, no longer, perhaps, of an old man with a white beard, but still a mental representation of someone or something outside you, and, yes, almost inevitably a male someone or something. Neither God nor Being nor any other word can define or explain the ineffable reality behind the word, so the only important question is whether the word is a help or a hindrance in enabling you to experience That toward which it points. ~ Tolle, Eckhart. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (p. 14). New World Library. Kindle Edition.

Neither God nor Being 
nor any other word 
can define or explain 
the ineffable reality 
behind the word, 
so the only important question 
is whether the word is a help 
or a hindrance 
in enabling you to experience 
That toward which it points.In my youth YOUR GOD
IS TOO SMALL
spoke of an internal policeman,
an image of a parent, especially Daddy,
a grand old man,
god-in-a-box…
I’ve heard someone call their
Higher Power “Howard”
as in”Howard be thy name.”
Who is your God?
Is your god real?
Someone you would talk to
like a friend?
Is your god a friend?

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A Matter oof Cntrol

We discover that we receive guidance for our lives to just about the extent that we stop making demands upon God to give it to us on order and on our terms. ~ AA World Services Inc. As Bill Sees It. A.A. World Services, Inc.. Kindle Edition.

When I control the the steering mechanism
I can make a mess of it no matter how
sure I am that  I’ve done it right.
That’s known as the mistake of arrogance
of,”God is my copilot.” If that’s the case.
I’m in the wrong chair!
We receive guidance for our lives
to just about the extent
that we stop making demands upon God
to give it to us on order and on our terms!

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Look Within

Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of Being and the deep, unshakable peace that comes with it, are beggars, even if they have great material wealth. ~ Tolle, Eckhart. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (p. 12). New World Library. Kindle Edition.

Based on your psyche,
your spirit, your soul,
are you impoverished
or prosperous
beyond your dreams?
Have you sought true wealth?
Do you acknowledge
abundance not based
on possessions?

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Readiness

Unwillingness has to be replaced by willingness, because willingness is part of readiness, without which learning cannot occur. ~ Wapnick, Kenneth. Absence from Felicity : The Story of Helen Schucman and Her Scribing of A Course in Miracles.

When it’s the wording I need
my Serenity Prayer includes
an amendment of, “…and
the willingness to know the difference.”
I’m certainly aware the words
Reinhold Niebuhr wrote
seek the wisdom to know the difference
but I also know me and that wisdom
may be a given, I just don’t like it,
choose not to seek it.
In much the same way
I like this statement, that
Unwillingness has to be replaced
by willingness,
because willingness
is part of readiness,
without which learning
cannot occur.

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Life Is an Echo

Life is an echo. What you send out, comes back. What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get. What you see in others, exists in you. ~ Zig Ziglar

It’s our choice.
I choose joy, serenity,
peace. I have no need for anger.
That is my choice, joy,
serenity, peace.
If I choose to love others
I receive love from them.
If I see in others honor,
trustworthiness, integrity,
that is what I live.
Thanks be to God!

To Be Loved

If you would be loved, love and be lovable. ~ Benjamin Franklin

It’s not a new idea
by any stretch of imagination…
Love comes back to us.
TheGoldenRule.
The “Pay it forward” practice.
We love life,
not because we are used to living
but because
we are used to loving. (Friedrich Nietzsche)
We are all love looking for a place to happen.
{Abraham-Hicks)
“To forgive is merely to remember
only the loving thoughts
you gave in the past,
and those that were given you.”
(A Course in Miracles)
So then, the relationship of self
to other is the complete realization
that loving yourself
is impossible without loving everything
defined as other than yourself. (Alan Watts)
‘Most dangerous is that temptation
that doth goad us on to sin
in loving virtue. (William Shakespeare)
If you would be loved, love and be lovable.

Misplaced Anger

People ruin their lives by their own foolishness
    and then are angry at the Lord. ~ Proverbs 19:3 New Living Translation (NLT)

Many of us come to the Rooms of Recovery
not only ruining our own lives and ready
finally to admit it. But far removed
from William Ernest Henley
when he thanked whatever gods may be
for his unconquerable soul, we come
blaming gods, not thanking them,
perhaps cursing gods convinced
the fault can’t really be our own.
We rant and rave about the powers that be
unwilling to admit the depths of our failures.

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The Plan I Wrote and The One I Didn't

And since every high priest is required to offer gifts and sacrifices, our High Priest must make an offering, too. If he were here on earth, he would not even be a priest, since there already are priests who offer the gifts required by the law. They serve in a system of worship that is only a copy, a shadow of the real one in heaven. For when Moses was getting ready to build the Tabernacle, God gave him this warning: “Be sure that you make everything according to the pattern I have shown you here on the mountain.” ~ Hebrews 8:3-5 (NLT)

My friend had emphasized the absolute necessity of demonstrating these principles in all my affairs. Particularly was it imperative to work with others as he had worked with me. Faith without works was dead, he said. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 14

Patterns,
rules,
recipes,
curriculum —
tough as heck for me
to follow – I can’t teach
a lesson plan I wrote myself!
Principles, proposals, suggestions,
Steps —
I want to follow, want to realize
the absolute necessity, the imperatives.
But I can’t teach
a lesson plan I wrote myself,
can’t cook with exactly the ingredients
written down.
I know I need to read, to listen, to accept, to surrender.
But that’s so tough.
I can’t teach my own curriculum.

God who made the pattern,
give me the fortitude to follow it!

The Life of a Clown

I began to feel like a clown juggling too many balls. Each ball represented a problem I was keeping up in the air. My arms were weary and I knew I couldn’t keep on much longer, but I was not about to give up. My pride and ego wouldn’t let me. ~ A.A. World Services Inc. Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition.A.A. World Services, Inc.. Kindle Edition.

Weary arms, yes,
Sore head as well!
Have you tried to keep
a passel of problems
from crashing, wiping you out
or at the very least humiliating you?
Have you wanted to give up,
to surrender, allowing
a being far more
competent than you
to take over, be in charge,
carry the load?
Then welcome home!
These rooms of Recovery
are what you’ve been needing
all these years while worries
rained projectiles at your head.
You can’t manage it, God can,
let God!!

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Our Salvation

I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love. ~ Viktor Frankl

Viktor Frankl was a doctor,
a psychiatrist and a Jewish resident
who survived Theresienstadt,
Auschwitz, Kaufering and Türkheim.
Through this he reached the conclusion
that the salvation of man
is through love and in love.
Salvation? preservation
or deliverance from harm, ruin, or loss.
How can a man live in Hell
as his parents and his wife
are murdered and still live
to grasp such a truth that
the salvation of man
is through love and in love?

Blame Is an Excuse

Sometimes, blame is just an excuse to keep busy so that I don’t have to feel the discomfort of my powerlessness. ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. Courage to Change—One Day at a Time in Al‑Anon II. Al-Anon Family Groups. Kindle Edition.

When do you want to blame somebody?
Isn’t it true it almost always happens
when you suspect that blame belongs to you?
Sure, you could claim it, but inside
you rebel, aware of the discomfort
inherent in owing it. Who would choose
to admit you are powerless over something
or that you can’t seem to manage it?
So you choose someone else as culprit
forgetting when your finger points to them
four others point back to you!

Responsibillity

Responsibility

July 7, 2019Eagle Wings Press

Remember that responsibility means “the ability to respond.” When we’re responsible we don’t necessarily fix or take care of things, we respond appropriately. ~ Covington, Stephanie S. A Woman’s Way through the Twelve Steps (p. 154). Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition.

Who would have realized the words
responsibility and sponsor are related?
The Online Etymology Dictionary
declares the origin of responsibility:
1590s, “answerable” (to another,
for something), from obsolete French responsible
(13c … as if from Latin *responsabilis),
from Latin respons-,
past-participle stem of respondere
“respond, answer to, promise in return,”
from re- “back” … spondere “to pledge”
(see sponsor (n.)). Looking at sponsor
you end up with “give assurance,
promise solemnly.”
To take responsibility does not mean
it’s all on your shoulders now
but that you’ll do your part,
to decline to ignore, to act appropriately.
Is that not what both Sponsor and Sponsee
should do? You need not remake the wheel,
just do your part and be honest about it.
Respond Appropriately.

Compassion

Compassion is the thing that leads you gently back to yourself. ~ Merle Shain

Having nice thoughts and only nice thoughts is a significant departure for most of us. ~ Casey, Karen. Keepers of The Wisdom Daily Meditations: Reflections From Lives Well Lived. Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition.

In another book, Karen Casey
says, “No thoughtful action
can trouble us.” Compassion
came from the Latin, to suffer with.
Empathy is to take the pain as your own,
to feel in place of. Compassion motivates people
to go out of their way to help
the physical, mental, or emotional issues.
Compassion motivates people
to go out of their way to help
the physical, mental, or emotional pains
of another and themselves.
If we understand we’re inherently joined
with those we’re around, then
when those around us stop suffering
we, too, are improved. We share in the pain
as well as in the healing.
May you be blessed!

Compassion

Compassion is the thing that leads you gently back to yourself. ~ Merle Shain

Having nice thoughts and only nice thoughts is a significant departure for most of us. ~ Casey, Karen. Keepers of The Wisdom Daily Meditations: Reflections From Lives Well Lived. Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition.

In another book, Karen Casey
says, “No thoughtful action
can trouble us.” Compassion
came from the Latin, to suffer with.
Empathy is to take the pain as your own,
to feel in place of. Compassion motivates people
to go out of their way to help
the physical, mental, or emotional issues.
Compassion motivates people
to go out of their way to help
the physical, mental, or emotional pains
of another and themselves.
If we understand we’re inherently joined
with those we’re around, then
when those around us stop suffering
we, too, are improved. We share in the pain
as well as in the healing.
May you be blessed!

Pay Back with s Blessing

Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude. Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t retaliate with insults when people insult you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God has called you to do, and he will grant you his blessing. ~ 1Pet 3:8-9 NLT

Be of one mind…A message for our nation
on this Independence Day weekend!
Sympathize with each other.
Love each other as brothers and sisters!
Don’t repay evil for evil.
Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude.
Don’t retaliate with insults when people insult you!
Instead, pay them back with a blessing.
That is what God has called you to do,
and he will grant you his blessing!
What is the nature of this message for us?
The year was 1971. I lived in a college dorm,
while on the same floor, my freshman sister lived
with her only child roommate.
The impetus I don’t recall,
but my sister and I were engaged
in a wrestling match, her room the mat.
The roommate was aghast.
Was there disagreement between us?
Certainly! Was the intention to maim?
Even to really cause pain?No!
We love each other!
Does that mean I won’t cancel her vote
in the 2020 election? Certainly not!
We disagree on many issues.
But we love each other.
I pray for her and hers daily,
wishing blessings.
And our God blesses us both!
Be of one mind…A message for our nation!

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Here I Am, Lord

His mind flits about too much for good communication. Suggest a very short phrase like “Here I am Lord” and don’t think of anything else. Just pull in your mind slowly from everywhere else and center it on these words. This will alsi give him the realization that he…really is here. ~ Wapnick, Kenneth. Absence from Felicity : The Story of Helen Schucman and Her Scribing of A Course in Miracles.

Having busy minds isn’t unusual. Nor is it accidental. Our minds are full because we fill them. If we want quiet minds in order to know God better, we must empty them. ~ Casey, Karen. Peace a Day at a Time: 365 Meditations for Wisdom and Serenity. Red Wheel Weiser. Kindle Edition.

Jesus’ instructions as to how to visit with God,
to be in His presence. Think only something like.
“Here I am.Lord.“In a more conventional,
easier to understand book, a similar message,
“Our minds are full because we fill them.
If we want quiet minds
in order to know God better,
we must empty them.”The Psalmist quotes the Lord Almighty,
““Be still, and know that I am God.”Dan Shutte used words from God speaking
tp Isaiah and to Samuel,
“Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night”Isn’t it time for me to say, “Here I am Lord”
then shut up and listen?

Paying Attention

If I am getting in the way of my own best interests, a closer look at my behavior can lead to positive changes. By focusing on myself, I move toward freedom and serenity today.
“Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.” Liberian proverb ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. Courage to Change— One Day at a Time in Al‑Anon II. Al-Anon Family Groups. Kindle Edition.

I spent years ignoring my feelings,
intent on rescuing all those near.
Surely they were in need of my help.
But when I accept the fact this plan
left me filled with resentment
and usually those I intended to help
had equivalent resentments
for my trying to run the show,
it's time to change. It's time
to be aware of myself, my feelings,
my needs, areas I've ignored,
and leave running others' lives
to the individual.
The things I can change are my own.
my thoughts, my feelings, myself.
I cannot change other people,
so I'll leave that to then...and God.
By focusing on myself,
I move toward freedom
and serenity today. 
And I will move toward surrender,
toward God's managing my life
and be aware when I slip
it's far more important
to see where I slip
than to watch where I land.

Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped . 
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Deference

“Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.” — Step Seven
….This Step taught me humility, that state of being humble. Humble, according to the dictionary, is “the state of reflecting, expressing, or offering in a spirit of deference.”…. The deference—“respect or esteem due to a superior”—clarified who was in power, who I should believe in, and the reason for giving over my shortcomings. ~ Overeaters Anonymous, Voices of Recovery, July 1

I had not connected
deference and humility
before this reading.
But it does speak volumes.
Besides the Websters definition quoted
I find “humble submission and respect.”
I also note a statement,”A person
who brags about being humble
may have too much pride
in being humble to actually be humble.”Certainly, though, I understand the cast
with whom I stand and to whom is due
respect or esteem
when my Higher Power is the other
of the two players, along with me!

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God Knows

“…‘Why are you saying your ABCs so many times?’ I asked him. The child replied, ‘I’m saying my prayers.’ I couldn’t help but laugh. ‘Prayers? All I hear is the alphabet.’ Patiently the child explained, ‘Well, I don’t know all the words, so I give God the letters. God knows what I’m trying to say.’” ~ Family Groups, Al-Anon. Courage to Change—One Day at a Time in Al‑Anon II. Al-Anon Family Groups. Kindle Edition.

One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. 
When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, 
“Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”Luke 11:1, NIV
Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my Soul to keep,
If I should die before I ‘wake,
I pray the Lord my Soul to take.All our lives people have taught us how to pray,
not to ignore the Third and Seventh Step prayers
and the Serenity Prayer.
So of course we know how to pray. Right?
So why does it feel awkward?
From the mouths of children.
apocryphal or not,
I don’t know all the words, 
so I give God the letters. 
God knows what I’m trying to say.