"ON TRUSTING GOD, HELPING OTHERS,
AND RELATIONSHIP"
TRUSTING GOD
"You must always remember that you are weak but that God is strong. God knows all about your weakness. He hears every cry for mercy, every sign of weakness, every plea for help, every sorrow over failure, every weakness felt and expressed. We only fail when we trust too much to our own strength. Do not feel bad about your weakness. When you are weak, that is when God is strong to help you." From "Twenty-Four Hours a Day", October 7
HELPING OTHERS
"The best cure for worry, depression, melancholy, brooding, is to go deliberately forth and try to lift with one's sympathy the gloom of somebody else." - Arnold Bennett
"...alcoholism not only exists inside the body of the alcoholic, but is a disease of relationships as well."
From "Paths to Recovery", p. 8RELATIONSHIP
"...alcoholism not only exists inside the body of the alcoholic, but is a disease of relationships as well."
"Since defective relations with other human beings have nearly always been the immediate cause of our woes, including our alcoholism, no field of investigation could yield more satisfying and valuable rewards than this one." From "Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions", p. 80
RELATIONSHIP CHANGE:
ORIGINAL RELATIONSHIP A + B = C
where:
A = you
B = the other person
C = the relationship
Fact: you can not change the other person (B)
Fact: the relationship (C) is made up of two people, A & B
Fact: since you can't change the other person (B), you can't change the relationship (C) by changing B
Fact: you can change yourself with God's help
Fact: If you want a relationship to change, then you must change yourself
Fact: If you change, then you become D
Fact: If you change, then the relationship becomes E
NEW RELATIONSHIP:
D + B = E
Concerning relationships from "Hope For Today", p. 60, February 29
"I realized that I could transform "a" (myself) and get a different "c" (relationship), even if (b) (the alcoholic) never changed."
Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon have allowed me to change. All my relationships have changed for the better as a result. How grateful I am.
Prayer Girl
16 comments:
Thanks for sharing that PG!
how i love your relationship maths...
Wow... I'll definitely go for this advicing formula!
Thank you PG! :)
I walk in that weakness and can testify that God comes through. So much wisdom in this post. Thanks.
Wow, I am so bad at formulae. Abstract concepts run my head. So I love this and then in trying to deduce it am reminded of the problem I couldn't muster in third grade about two trains leaving Philadelphia at the same time, one traveling at 40 mph and the other at 60 mph. My thought? How can they do that on the same track? The mind of a child remains....Love your post and know it to be true in all regards. J.
PG, when I "came to" in AA, I was told, I'd have to relearn my alphabet, my A,B,C's.
Now you are teaching me and others the AA "new math"?
Good post, thanks
Peace--Love.
Thank you!
Good one! That's an excellent fact to remember, no matter what the relationship is.
And that's the A,B.C's of it!!!!
I like your math. And I understand it.
Cool. Thanks for the reminder :)
I just LOVE the math equations! I get it and it makes so much sense! Thanks for all the love you put into your posts and your comments Anna. I appreciate it so much. Hugs to you from CT!
I think i got an F on my realtionship...sigh
always love your words of wisdom
Love this post! Just your ABC's
So good! Really. So true. And as far as your comment on my 55 tonight .. I think we all remember that first time. Have a great weekend.
Truly needed every word today. Thank you. Trusting G-d with my weaknesses is a concept I (a control freak) am just learning. The reminder came at a perfect time.
Hugs PG,
Chef Kar
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