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Learning to Listen
"Those who can't forget are worse off than those who can't remember." Anonymous
There is absolutely no hard-and-fast rule about what we choose as our Higher Power. It could be a friend, a sponsor, a counselor, the group, or a deity in which we have a belief. Therefore, whatever our choice, it will work perfectly for us as long as we follow the formula that is outlined in these steps.
When we're told that we must turn our will and lives over to a Higher Power, our first response may be: "That's easy for you to say! But will that power get my bills paid? Will it bring my wife back to me? Will it make my children forgive me? Will it help me face old friends I've hurt or misused? Will it rid me of this guilt and shame--this humiliation that overwhelms me?"
Spiritual experineces may be well and good we tell ourselves. But the practical aspects of life are what we face daily. How in the world is some super power going to take care of them? As one woman put it: "The problem with living is that it is so daily."
We're not suggesting that practicing Step Two will immediately solve everything that's bothering us about the past--or what faces us in our future. But it will help us discover that the important things is to let go of our own agenda, our self-will. It will help us seek guidance, and learn to listen to our inner voice and the counsel of our sponsors and our recovery group.
Today's Step: Setbacks turn into opportunities, when I seek the guidance of a Higher Power.
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Step By Step, meditations for living the 12 steps. Muriel Zink.
NOTE: Personally, I do not recommend choosing a single person as a Higher Power simply because as humans we are fallible and make mistakes. Our trust and faith needs to be in something that can not fail us. This is just my personal observation. Judith