I greet The Indwelling Miracle Worked.
Today’s “Pay Forward” gift is – Long-Timers’ Journey. There’s a point in our growth, life cycle, when we are at risk. This time accounts for some slips, suicides, and other forms of destructive behavior. I was enjoying a well-rounded program, and then everything seemed to quit "working." We go through growth, life cycles that put us at risk. During the dark side of this process, we may harm ourselves. It goes something like this; Everything is going fine. Life couldn’t be better. I’m not happy, not unhappy, but something is missing. Meetings aren’t going well. My prayers and meditations don't seem real. Nothing I am reading hits home. Self-centeredness is a little too centered. I ask myself two questions. Am I doing something I should not be doing? Am I not doing something I should be doing? If the answer is yes, I will do whatever it takes to correct it. If that doesn’t help, I prepare for a spiritual transformation. Back to the basics I go; acting like a newcomer, staying in contact with A.A. no matter what. There is a solution suggested in our Big Book. "We had to find a power by which we could live, and it had to be a Power greater than ourselves" (Page 45 Big Book). When the process begins, stop fighting and turn to our Higher Power until He Transforms it, and if we let Him, He will. Thy Love, Thy Will be done. www.12stepworkbook.org/Workshops/transformation