Language of Letting Go - June 17 - Surrender
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Language of Letting Go - June 17 - Surrender
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.
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.
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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.
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.
It was only when I had tried everything I knew and nothing worked, it was only when I finally collapsed in tears one night and told God that I just couldn't do this one more day and gave my son to His care...it was only when I surrendered myself to the program that I opened my mind and my heart to a willingness to learn anew...that's when my recovery truly began.
It's funny how surrender brings us to the best place of all...willingness to learn and trust God, trust that life unfolds exactly as it should. Who knew?
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Thanks for reminding me about this, Ann.
Early on I could only surrender my sons, other people, anything - after I had been banging my head against the wall until it was bloody - trying so hard to get "them" to do it my way (which of course was right!). Only when I was totally defeated - usually in a fetal position sobbing in my bed - missing work, yet again - could I say "OK God - take it - I just can't do this any more".
After some years of practice, today I can surrender people and places without me sinking so low. That is a bonus blessing of my recovery. And it is better for them too.
From the ODAT: "we must each find our lonely way to our goals".
Love in recovery,
Jody Hepler
Early on I could only surrender my sons, other people, anything - after I had been banging my head against the wall until it was bloody - trying so hard to get "them" to do it my way (which of course was right!). Only when I was totally defeated - usually in a fetal position sobbing in my bed - missing work, yet again - could I say "OK God - take it - I just can't do this any more".
After some years of practice, today I can surrender people and places without me sinking so low. That is a bonus blessing of my recovery. And it is better for them too.
From the ODAT: "we must each find our lonely way to our goals".
Love in recovery,
Jody Hepler
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