And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. 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. Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens in Gods world by mistake. AA, Big Book, Page 417 We are all work in process...some further along than the next. I am learning to accept that other people may not be ready to move at the same tempo and key as I would prefer. When I am frustrated or angry, it is because, one more time, my EXPECTATIONS of others that always get me into trouble. There are things that we all have a problem accepting. Those are the things that WILL harm us when we allow them to fester in an overly active mind... my solution to the confusion; Be of love and service and have faith! GOD is my lighthouse and my armor. “Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.” ― Rabindranath Tagore With faith, my HIGHER POWER (GOD) will help sort it all out. Do the next right thing and stay out of the results is the message. GOD always reveals the next right course of action to take when things go south, We will do well to find a calm place in our heart/soul/mind to pray/meditate while listening for GODs voice. GOD IS THERE, but sometimes we must first turn down the noise in our head. :-)
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 19:46:49 +0000