Better bend than break

[caressa222]

Keep It Simple

Better bend than break.-------Scottish proverb

Our program is based on bending. We call it "surrender." We surrender our self-will to the care of God. We do what we believe our Higher Power want us to do. We learn this as an act of love.

Many of us believed surrender was a sign of weakness. We tried to control everything. But we change as we're in the program longer and longer. We learn to bend. We start to see that what is important is learning. We learn to do what's best for us and others. To learn, we need an open mind. To bend, we must stay open. Love and care become the center of our lives.

Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, teach me that strength comes from knowing how and when to bend.

Action for the Day: Today, I'll check myself. How open am I? Do I bend when I need to?

[majestyjo]

Have to confess, I broke or bent very badly, just about every rule in the Book. It was all about me, and it was bent to fit my way of thinking, and if I couldn't bend it, I broke it, discounted it, and said I was an exception, it didn't apply to me.

Thank God for recovery. He has had to do some heavy major work on me.

[majestyjo]

Some real remember whens today. So glad I was willing to go to any length to stay clean and sober when I got to the rooms of recovery.