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Post by Susan Peabody on Aug 25, 2012 15:01:45 GMT -8
I had another thought.
I hear the expression "progress not perfection." While this is a lovely sentiment, we must also have a recovery goal toward which we stride.
By the way, the original expression is "spiritual progress, not spiritual perfection." It is so easy these days to forget the spiritual aspect of change. www.happyrecovery.com/spiritual-progress-not-spiritual-perfection/
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Post by CodepNomore on Apr 3, 2014 8:29:33 GMT -8
Thanks for reminding us about the spiritual aspect of change. Sometimes in my desperate attempt to change, I forgot to turn to my HP and let him work through me. I need to surrender it all to him. He can do what I cannot.
From Susan . . . All of my life I wanted the will power to change. I knew something was wrong with me. In 1982 I was in AA, but still struggling with willingness. I was willing to be willing, but not ready to change. One day, I had profound spiritual experience that I describe in my book. The next day I woke up full of energy and desire to change. I reached out to my sponsor for help, but it was that spiritual energy given to me in just a simple moment in time that gave me the enthusism and focus to change. It is because it all happened so quickly, within 24 hours, that I knew it was spirituality, in particular my relationship with God, that expedited the shift in consciousness that I had prayed for all me life. Maybe it was just the lifting of my fear, but it changed my life and just to hold on to this willingness to change I live a spiritual life.
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