Ann

You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go

Surrender

Master the lessons of your present circumstances.

We do not move forward by resisting what is undesirable in our life today. We move forward, we grow, we change by acceptance.

Avoidance is not the key; surrender opens the door.

Listen to this truth: We are each in our present circumstances for a reason. There is a lesson, a valuable lesson that must be learned before we can move forward.

Something important is being worked out in us, and in those around us. We may not be able to identify it today; but we can know that it is important. We can know it is good.

Overcome not by force, overcome by surrender. The battle is fought, and won, inside ourselves. We must go through it until we learn, until we accept, until we become grateful, until we are set free.

Today, I will be open to the lessons of my present circumstances. I do not have to label, know, or understand what I'm learning; I will see clearly in time. For today, trust and gratitude are sufficient.

From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.

Ann

I have often found that God's blessings come strangely wrapped sometimes.

Instead of strugging to force an answer to every problem, recovery has taught me to be still and wait for the answer to come. It has taught me that the gift may be in the lesson I learn from the experience, or the opportunity to try out my recovery tools and act in faith rather than react in panic.

Often what I perceive as obstacles, may just be a "detour" sign telling me to find a better path...in my thinking and in my actions and in my life. Another strangely wrapped gift.

I still have problems today, I still have days where my mind obsesses or where dark clouds hide the light. But today I know that if I turn it over, surrender my anxiety and believe that I am stronger than I feel...good days are never far away.

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