The material presented
here is not Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature. It is a method
to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
What if we knew for certain that everything we're worried about today will work out fine?
What if . . . we had a guarantee that the problem bothering us would be worked out in the most perfect way, and at the best possible time? Furthermore, what if we knew that three years from now we'd be grateful for that problem, and its solution?
What if . . . we knew that even our worst fear would work out for the best?
What if . . . we had a guarantee that everything that's happening, and has happened, in our life was meant to be, planned just for us, and in our best interest?
What if . . . we had a guarantee that the people we love are experiencing exactly what they need in order to become who they're intended to become? Further, what if we had a guarantee that others can be responsible for themselves, and we don't have to control or take responsibility for them?
What if . . . we knew the future was going to be Good, and we would have an abundance of resources and guidance to handle whatever comes our way?
What if . . . we knew everything was okay, and we didn't have to worry about a thing? What would we do then??
We'd be free to let go, and enjoy life.
Today I will know that I don't have to worry about anything. If I do worry, I will do it with the understanding that I am choosing to worry - and it is not necessary.
The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie
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The prayer isn't for Higher Power to change our lives, but rather to change us.
This post reminds me of something another member shared on this board of what their sponsor said. If you are going to practice the "what if's, then you need to practice the what if nots"
Great Post for this AM. I must add that in my lifetime, many of my worst fears did come true. Worrying about them, planning how to change them did not one bit of good.
I agree if I trust HP and walk through the situations it all works out for the Greater Good. I have experienced great pain and loss in this lifetime and as long as I trust,HP and keep living by my alanon principles I will be able to see the Divine Plan in retrospect. and appreciate that it all did work out for the Good.
Worry is so unnecessary. I believe we learned the habit of worry from those who cared for us when we were small; they did not know any better. I look forward to future generations who have learned the habit of "Letting God & Letting Go."
*Instead of Letting Go & Letting God, I say it in the reverse. My family would say it's because I'm left-handed (LOL). But really, by first handing it over to God (Letting Go) makes it easier for me Letting Go. Works for me.
Thanks for sharing this!
-- Edited by GailMichelle on Sunday 18th of September 2011 09:21:11 AM
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You have to go through the darkness to truly know the light. Lama Surya Das
Resentment is like taking poison & waiting for the other person to die. Malachy McCourt
I like to think of human beings as God's children, and, if we are to live like children (for of such is the kingdom of heaven), we are to live with no worries. Children play all day long if allowed to, they don't worry about the bills, don't worry about where the food is going to come from, they have faith that it will be provided - that's what parents are for. Ok, honest input here, I don't always succeed at this way of thinking, but I try - I try to ask once for what I need/want and then stop asking (because I know how annoying it is for my kid to ask me for the same thing over and over again).
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I am strong in the broken places. ~ Unknown
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another! ~ Anatole France
