Post by lildee on Feb 1, 2005 6:48:19 GMT -5
To me Step Two is all about hope. It's the process by which I become free from whatever problem is bothering me. It gives me something else to do, somewhere else to go when my life becomes unmanageable. I learn to look beyond myself for answers.
Coming to believe is a process for me. First, I come to believe that others have faith and that their belief in a Higher Power somehow makes a difference in their lives. I can see peace, love, and happiness in many of the people at meetings, and I yearn to possess those qualities myself. Gradually my mind opens to the possibility that I, too, can experience serenity.
Hope for Today
My best thinking and my best efforts proved insufficient to the task of restoring me to sanity. My life had become completely unmanageable. In Al-Anon I heard that a Power greater than myself could bring order into my life. I began opening my mind to the possibility.
Eventually I become willing to believe, but even that comes in stages. Plenty of times ask my Higher Power for the willingness to be willing. Finally I believe.
Exhilaration flows through me. The door to a new reality opens wide. I realize this revelation is just the beginning. I am not restored to sanity in an instant. However, Step Two gives me hope I can be healed because I now know-and believe in-the Source of all healing. My Higher Power is there for me once I choose faith, sanity, and healing for my life.
Thought for the Day
The phrase .'came to believe" reminds me that faith is a process, not an event, from which sanity arises.
"The basic spiritual principle introduced in Step Two
suggests that there is a Power greater than we are that
provides hope for sanity whether we are living with active alcoholism or not" Paths to Recovery. p. 18
Coming to believe is a process for me. First, I come to believe that others have faith and that their belief in a Higher Power somehow makes a difference in their lives. I can see peace, love, and happiness in many of the people at meetings, and I yearn to possess those qualities myself. Gradually my mind opens to the possibility that I, too, can experience serenity.
Hope for Today
My best thinking and my best efforts proved insufficient to the task of restoring me to sanity. My life had become completely unmanageable. In Al-Anon I heard that a Power greater than myself could bring order into my life. I began opening my mind to the possibility.
Eventually I become willing to believe, but even that comes in stages. Plenty of times ask my Higher Power for the willingness to be willing. Finally I believe.
Exhilaration flows through me. The door to a new reality opens wide. I realize this revelation is just the beginning. I am not restored to sanity in an instant. However, Step Two gives me hope I can be healed because I now know-and believe in-the Source of all healing. My Higher Power is there for me once I choose faith, sanity, and healing for my life.
Thought for the Day
The phrase .'came to believe" reminds me that faith is a process, not an event, from which sanity arises.
"The basic spiritual principle introduced in Step Two
suggests that there is a Power greater than we are that
provides hope for sanity whether we are living with active alcoholism or not" Paths to Recovery. p. 18
First I came, then I came to, and finally I came to believe.
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.