In thinking about sobriety something that was said in the BB came back to me this morning. Something like, it’s all right to have our heads in the clouds, as long as we have our feet on the ground.
To me, the spiritual life is on another level above the life I had been living. But in trying to live a spiritual life we’re still human. To think we’re not can lead to all kinds of trouble. Reality is reality.
The BB tells me that the spiritual life is not a theory. It tells me that I have to live it. But just what is it? The best I can do with this is to look at what the BB lays out for us. The 12 Steps and the action we take to achieve what they tell us. The result of these actions is a return to sanity, the 9th Step promises, and the spiritual awakening. There is of course more in my experience and that of others I know in this program. But the bottom line is that we live this spiritual life in a material world.
Living with others, as we do, is enough of a challenge.
Relationships is what sobriety is all about. Learning to get along with others and to try to practice the principles in all of my affairs and still try to stay on the beam can take up most of my time. I know I have to try to be conscious to remember my part and that of my higher power in these relationships. Not always easy.
Anyway, I did pause this morning to think about that line. My shortcomings were pretty obvious to me this morning and I knew I had to aim higher. That’s where my higher power comes in. My prayers and my thoughts. The rest is often out of my hands and I end up having to do what is in front of me and turn everything else over, which is not in my power or control.