- for someone yesterday at the nooner meeting say when things get crazy she says 'The human head weighs eight pounds.' It was so off the wall and I knew exactly what she meant. I was grateful then to not have those hangover headaches when my head felt like it weighed 100 pounds.
- for a call last evening from a fellow AAer who needed discuss the 12th step call he and another did today, to get some perspective of whether or not he did the right things. Funny thing, as they were entering and leaving the treatment center the woman who made the above comment about the human head was there and had some good advice for them.
- that last night I was able to talk to my two favorite earth people about an ongoing situation in my life, which I cannot tell if it is something to hold on to or something to walk away from, but has made me occasionally squirrely.
- for an email from a friend just simply saying she was getting a resentment against two loved ones and needed to reach out to another alcoholic. I wrote her that the answer for both of us was page 449 of the Big Book. "When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation--some fact of my life--unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment."
Today, I will let things happen without trying to figure everything out. If clarity is not available to me today, I will trust it to come later, in retrospect. I will put simple trust in the truth that all is well, events are unfolding as they should, and all will work out for good in my life - better than I can imagine. -The Language of Letting Go
8 comments:
Letting things happen without trying to figure them out is a great gift!
Have a wonderful day, Scott. Sounds like you are in exactly the place where you are supposed to be!
I tend to agree with all of that.
But, I'm a pisces.
Great list, Scott!
Pat, A 12th step call is usually to take the message to another suffering alcoholic, and is usually made at their request of the request of a caring person in their life. It is cautioned to not make the call alone. We offer our experience as one drunk to another, and we can sometimes reach them when another cannot.
I really wish you could present AVRT to the courts and others that would get the message out there. If the AVRT program were better known then there would be a better chance for people to be exposed to it.
Fish for dinner?
LaJ, I will let Pat answer that question.
My squirrels are calmer tonight, thanks.
Hi Scott, dropped in to say hello...
that`s a good list. You are an extremely talented artist. I love both your acrylic paintings and your digital paintings.
Excellent work.
Ah, page 449 -- or, 417 in the new book. It's my very very favorite. The other day I read the whole story again, as I do from time to time. Dr. Paul O. said so many things I need to hear. As I struggle with my relationship today, I try to remember what he says about finding fault in others and that it means I find fault in God's handiwork. *sigh* Thanks, Scott, honey.
I've decided when I'm frustrated to use one of the many fine word verifications from Blogger to vent. So, CXZPEH!
Great posting. I might need to re-read this a few dozen times since this is the message I have needed to hear lately. (which means I most likely won't retain it - until I let go.)
Meg
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