I greet The Indwelling Wisdom.
Today’s “Pay Forward” gift is – As We Choose. The following story is a great reminder that our choices do matter, a good lesson about responsibility. Once upon a time, there was a wise man who lived in a small village. There was a guy who was jealous of him, and hell-bent on showing him up. One day, this guy took witnesses to confront the wise man. He had a small bird in his closed fist. He said - “If you are so wise, tell me this: Is the bird I have in my hand dead or alive?” The man knew if he answered the bird was alive; he would squeeze it to death, and if he answered that it was dead, he would open his hand and let it fly away. The wise man replied, “It is as you choose." And so it is with us. “The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking.” Any alcoholic is a member of A.A. when he [or she] says so. “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.” This decision places the responsibility directly on the decision maker. Making a decision is choosing our Source. Let us choose to trust our chosen Higher Power. By grace and our wiliness to do and to be His Will, we have a daily choice, whom shall we serve? Thy Love, Thy Will be done.