![]() ![]() All by himself, and in the light of his own circumstances, he needs to develop the quality of willingness. However, there are certain things which the individual alone can do. They have become persuaded, sometimes rightly so, that many problems besides alcohol will not yield to a headlong assault powered only by the individual’s will. Many newcomers, having experienced little but constant deflation, feel a growing conviction that human will is of no value whatever. I pray that my spirit may soar in freedom. I pray that I may be freed from things that hold me down. If you will, you can be released and free. Broken wings can regain a strength and beauty unknown before. Your new freedom will depend on your ability to rise above earthly things. It is only the earthly desires that bind you. ![]() Loosen somewhat the strands that tie you to the earth. ![]() It is only the earth-bound spirit that cannot soar. “Behold, I make all things new.” When you change to a new way of life, you leave many things behind you. When we find this Reality within us, we are restored to our right minds.” Have I found the great reality? In the last analysis, it is only there that God may be found. Are we capable of denying that there is a design and purpose in all of life as we know it? Or are we willing to admit that faith in some kind of Divine Principle is a part of our makeup, just as much as the feeling we have for a friend? We find a great Reality deep down within us, if we face ourselves as we really are. “Who are you to say there is no God? This challenge comes to all of us. program within myself but most of all, in my relationship with my Higher Power, whom I choose to call God. What I receive today is the gift of “stability,” as Bill did: stability in my A.A. Little did I know that, once I began to give freely of myself, I would begin to receive, without ever expecting or demanding anything at all. Before entering this program of Alcoholics Anonymous I was never able to give without demanding something in return. My stability came out of trying to give, not out of demanding that I receive.Īs long as I try, with all my heart and soul, to pass along to others what has been passed along to me, and do not demand anything in return, life is good to me. ![]()
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