Language of Letting Go - June 6 - The Gift of Readiness
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Language of Letting Go - June 6 - The Gift of Readiness
You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go
The Gift of Readiness
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
--Step Six of Al-Anon
We progress to the Sixth Step by working diligently, to the best of our ability, on the first Five Steps. This work readies us for a change of heart, openness to becoming changed by a Power greater than ourselves - God.
The path to this willingness can be long and hard. Many of us have to struggle with a behavior or feeling before we become ready to let it go. We need to see, over and over again, that the coping device that once protected us is no longer useful.
The defects of character referred to in Step Six are old survival behaviors that once helped us cope with people, life, and ourselves. But now they are getting in our way, and it is time to be willing to have them removed.
Trust in this time. Trust that you are being readied to let go of that which is no longer useful. Trust that a change of heart is being worked out in you.
God, help me become ready to let go of my defects of character. Help me know, in my mind and soul, that I am ready to let go of my self defeating behaviors, the blocks and barriers to my life.
From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.
The Gift of Readiness
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
--Step Six of Al-Anon
We progress to the Sixth Step by working diligently, to the best of our ability, on the first Five Steps. This work readies us for a change of heart, openness to becoming changed by a Power greater than ourselves - God.
The path to this willingness can be long and hard. Many of us have to struggle with a behavior or feeling before we become ready to let it go. We need to see, over and over again, that the coping device that once protected us is no longer useful.
The defects of character referred to in Step Six are old survival behaviors that once helped us cope with people, life, and ourselves. But now they are getting in our way, and it is time to be willing to have them removed.
Trust in this time. Trust that you are being readied to let go of that which is no longer useful. Trust that a change of heart is being worked out in you.
God, help me become ready to let go of my defects of character. Help me know, in my mind and soul, that I am ready to let go of my self defeating behaviors, the blocks and barriers to my life.
From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.
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Trust in this time. Trust that you are being readied to let go of that which is no longer useful. Trust that a change of heart is being worked out in you.
Recovery and hindsight has allowed me to turn this fear into faith, and today I embrace the changes in my life knowing that God leads me to where I am supposed to go.
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I needed this one today. I recently found myself reacting to something in the same old way, and getting the same old lousy response. I thought I was making progress, but maybe I wasn't ready yet. It's frustrating not to progress at the speed I'd like to - but I'm doing my best and this was a nice reminder today.
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