Todays thought from Hazelden is: At first, I resented it when my friends in the program told me to be God or let God. -- Myrna K. Who consciously decided to play God? Not me. Not you. But many of us have a terrible time letting God run the world. No matter how much we resolve not to, we take responsibility for things we cant control. Thats what playing God is, and thats what a lot of us have practiced for a long, long time. Playing God is not only hard work, its also a good way to ruin relationships. People just dont like to be around would-be mortal gods whose clay feet are all too visible. Our good intentions dont make people feel less defensive about us. Letting go isnt easy. Especially if we confuse letting go with not caring. Of course we care. But that does not and must not mean we are responsible. Can we care enough to let others make their own mistakes, earn their own victories, and take responsibility for their own lives? Not to do so, no matter how we may feel about it, breeds dependency in both them and us. We must care enough to let them be. Today, I will be aware that doing for someone else is also doing to him or her.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 20:53:46 +0000
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