Today I was given another opportunity, which helped me to change my way of life for a while. We had traveled a long distance to go to church today, my daughter, my granddaughter, and me, the grand-father. After church was finished, I was ready to go back home and rest. However an announcement told us that the families with their children, were to have an hours class, with their parents in a duty to take part in this class.
So, totally unaware that this was coming up, I had to go over to the hall and go upstairs and sit, while the head instructor gave long instructions. All of a sudden I felt like I was listening to a foreign language. And just as suddenly I was given another way of thinking, a great gift. Somehow I was allowed to step back into a way of humility. To let go and let my Higher Power be in charge.
It really turned out to be things I have learned in this program. To put the Serenity Prayer into action. To follow the need to have the courage to change the things I can. I know that I could have lost my temper and tried to force them to go back home. But I was given the gift of stepping back and being quiet.
Once again that brief line in prayer, “Relieve me of the bondage of self, so that I may better serve thee” came into mind. And I was given the spiritual way of life, rather than the way of my ego. Just a reminder to me of why I am here. Putting the way of our program quietly into action, which helped me to begin to grow again. No one knew who I was or what this was all about. Living the life I need to live, no matter where I am.
And, as time went on, I was given the opportunity to remember why I am here. I’m here to stay sober a day at a time. And that was what was going on within me. Just to be quiet and be able to put this program into action, and to let that action give help and assistance to those who needed it. Made me grateful to my Higher Power, this program, and all those who have helped me to grow along spiritual lines and stay sober.