Working a 12-step spiritual program of action is simple hard work. If it was easy a lot more people would be sober today. Tonight we were talking about the 7th step of humbly asking him to remove our shortcomings. I chaired the meeting (talked first to set the ‘tone’) and talked about the 7th step in a way that would be inclusive for the newcomers as well as the old-timers.
After the meeting while thinking about what to write tonight, I concluded that most of us really don’t get that much better at talking to our higher power. My HP is not stupid or lacking in powers of observation—I am the one that has plenty of room for progress. Where we do make fantastic progress is in being able to listen to our HP. For some people and/or situations, god is an acronym for Good Orderly Direction.
When writing these gratitude blogs, it is not that I am telling god what is going on with my day and what he needs to do. It is more nearly a matter of me paying attention to in a spiritual listening kind of way what is good in my life today. Physically very little has changed in my life today from how it was a year ago or 5 years. I have the same apartment, cats, type of car, etc. What has changed greatly in the last year is the parts of my day that I pay attention to now—now I see and write about the good parts of my day instead of ruminating on the parts that annoyed me. It leaves me with a much more buoyant attitude and memory of the day.
I am grateful for the progress I have made in being becoming more aware of and in tune with the goodness that my HP provides for me in my life today.
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