"As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. We constantly remind ourselves we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day "Thy will be done." We are then in much less danger of excitement, fear, anger, worry, self-pity, or foolish decisions. We become much more efficient. We do not tire so easily, for we are not burning up energy foolishly as we did when we were trying to arrange life to suit ourselves.
"It works - it really does.
"We alcoholics are undisciplined. So we let God discipline us in the simple way we have just outlined."
"It works - it really does.
"We alcoholics are undisciplined. So we let God discipline us in the simple way we have just outlined."
On reading this I was reminded of something I've heard about prayer in AA many times. That is, that it's okay to pray for something specific so long as you tack on the back "...if it be Thy will."
That has never fit very well with me.
Put simply, I don't trust myself - not in that sense anyway. I suspect that if do pray for something specific I have an agenda that, regardless of how nobly I want to package it, I will still try to get a certain outcome.
Anyway, look for the similarities not the differences.... and stop taking other's inventories....
On a more positive footing and back on the subject, I don't necessarily practice this concisously. I do, however, often say The Serenity Prayer, a 3rd Step Prayer or simply sigh and/or count to ten.
Of course I do not do this perfectly in all circumstances by a long shot. But when I do the rewards are as stated: mor efficient, more energy (less being wasted on resentment) etc.
"Carrying a resentment is like drinking poison, hoping my enemy will die."
