How easy it is for me to ignore that which is supposed to be most helpful in my continuing quest to live a sober life. I was thinking about this today, when something came up, which made me not only talk to another alcoholic, but pause and meditate. And then I went back and opened the BB.
What happened was that I ran into an incident today. Let me put it another way; the “incident ran into me”, literally. At first I passed on anger, but later I began to fume, as time went on. That’s when I first meditated to calm the disturbance and called a friend and emptied my brain, such as it is.
But then, like I said, I went back to some basics in the BB in How It Works. It asks us to treat those, who disturb us as sick people. I had to try hard. He was sick all right, but I stuck with it and eventually started to let go of most of it. It tells us to avoid retaliation or argument. I had done that. And then tells us that God will show us how to take a kindly and tolerant view of a sick person.
We’re sick too, the book tells us. So we’re in “good” company with these people, who irritate us. Then reminds us that if we put our thoughts into faith in God that He will do for us what we cannot do for ourselves. And so it seems to be in this instance and the multitude of others before.
Once again I am reminded to pay attention to what I’ve been taught in here. I’m also reminded that life can be difficult, especially, when I’m not paying attention. However, thankfully there is always an answer to my difficulties. All I have to do is become willing and ask for help. Makes me grateful that I’m sober and in a program, which affords me so much help.