Tommyh, thank you for that!
“When we encountered A.A,, the fallacy of our defiance
was revealed. At no time had we asked what God's
will was for us; instead we had been telling Him what it
ought to be. No man, we saw, could believe in God and
defy Him, too. Belief meant reliance, not; defiance.
One thing I am perpetually amazed at since I've "understood" and let go is that all the things that were so deeply bothering me in my life are beginning to dissipate. All the things I was fighting and trying to control were just continuing to become more insurmountable. Since I have chosen to hand all that over to the God of my understanding I am totally flabbergasted at how every single one of those situations are being righted without any action from me at all outside of trusting and believing. I can no longer deny that there is something greater than all of us showing the way if we choose to accept. I have no other explanation.
Is this way right for everyone? No. But I will spend every day being grateful for this blessing.