Letting go
“Take my will and my life. Guide me in my recovery. Show me how to live.”
Basic Text p. 25
How do we begin the process of letting our Higher Power guide our lives? When we
seek advice about situations that trouble us, we often find that our Higher Power
works through others. When we accept that we don’t have all the answers, we open
ourselves to new and different options. A willingness to let go of our preconceived
ideas and opinions opens the channel for spiritual guidance to light our way.
At times, we must be driven to the point of distraction before we are ready to turn
difficult situations over to our Higher Power. Anxiously plotting, struggling, planning,
worrying-none of these suffice. We can be sure that if we turn our problems over to
our Higher Power, through listening to others share their experience or in the quiet
of meditation, the answers will come.
There is no point in living a frantic existence. Charging through life like the house is
on fire exhausts us and gets us nowhere. In the long run, no amount of manipulation
on our part will change a situation. When we let go and allow ourselves access to a
Higher Power, we will discover the best way to proceed. Rest assured, answers
derived from a sound spiritual basis will be far superior to any answers we could
concoct on our own.
Just for today: I will let go and let my Higher Power guide my life.