The Language of Letting Go, October 26
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The Language of Letting Go, October 26
OCTOBER 26
You are reading from the book "The Language of Letting Go."
Clarity
I know better than to not trust Higher Power, but sometimes I forget that.
When we are in the midst of an experience, it is easy to forget that there is a Plan. Sometimes all we can see is today.
If we were to watch only two minutes of the middle of a television program, it would make little sense. It would be a disconnected event.
If we were to watch a weaver sewing a tapestry for only a few moments, and focused on only a small piece of the work, it would not look beautiful. It would look like a few peculiar threads randomly placed.
How often we use that same, limited perspective to look at our life - especially when we are going through a difficult time.
We can learn to have perspective when we are going through those confusing, difficult learning times. When we are being pelted by events that make us feel, think, and question, we are in the midst of learning something important.
We can trust that something valuable is being worked out in us - even when things are difficult, even when we cannot get our bearings. Insight and clarity do not come until we have mastered our lesson.
Faith is like a muscle. It must be exercised to grow strong. Repeated experiences of having to trust what we can't see and repeated experiences of learning to trust that things will work out are what makes our faith muscles grow strong.
Today I will trust that the events in my life are not random. My experiences are not a mistake. The Universe, my Higher Power, and life are not picking on me. I am going through what I need to go through to learn something valuable, something that will prepare me for the joy and love I am seeking.
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You are reading from the book "The Language of Letting Go."
Clarity
I know better than to not trust Higher Power, but sometimes I forget that.
When we are in the midst of an experience, it is easy to forget that there is a Plan. Sometimes all we can see is today.
If we were to watch only two minutes of the middle of a television program, it would make little sense. It would be a disconnected event.
If we were to watch a weaver sewing a tapestry for only a few moments, and focused on only a small piece of the work, it would not look beautiful. It would look like a few peculiar threads randomly placed.
How often we use that same, limited perspective to look at our life - especially when we are going through a difficult time.
We can learn to have perspective when we are going through those confusing, difficult learning times. When we are being pelted by events that make us feel, think, and question, we are in the midst of learning something important.
We can trust that something valuable is being worked out in us - even when things are difficult, even when we cannot get our bearings. Insight and clarity do not come until we have mastered our lesson.
Faith is like a muscle. It must be exercised to grow strong. Repeated experiences of having to trust what we can't see and repeated experiences of learning to trust that things will work out are what makes our faith muscles grow strong.
Today I will trust that the events in my life are not random. My experiences are not a mistake. The Universe, my Higher Power, and life are not picking on me. I am going through what I need to go through to learn something valuable, something that will prepare me for the joy and love I am seeking.
©1990, Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved.
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This was what I needed today. Just had a meeting at DS14's school that left me feeling like I'd been run over by an elephant stampede.
Forcing solutions vs. faith vs. I hate looking like a do-nothing crap mother.
Forcing solutions vs. faith vs. I hate looking like a do-nothing crap mother.
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Just what I needed to hear today... AH had a blowup this weekend, prior to this, I set a boundary that when he had an explosive anger event, I would be leaving with our children... if he did not allow me to leave, I would call the police.
So yesterday, it happened, I said I was leaving and he said no, you aren't. So my children and I retreated to another level of the house and I texted my friend our "password" and she called the police. They couldn't do much because he hadn't done anything physical. But I set my boundary and I stood by it.....
Now trying to sort this whole situation out in my mind of what to do next.
So yesterday, it happened, I said I was leaving and he said no, you aren't. So my children and I retreated to another level of the house and I texted my friend our "password" and she called the police. They couldn't do much because he hadn't done anything physical. But I set my boundary and I stood by it.....
Now trying to sort this whole situation out in my mind of what to do next.
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