They must daily commune
in their hearts and souls with the Supreme Spirit...I have other advice for you
but all that I would say is within your heart.
Hiawatha
Iroquois
As
we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, ask for the right
thought or action. We constantly remind ourselves we are no longer running the
show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day "Thy will be
done." We are then in much less danger of excitement, fear, anger, worry,
self-pity, or foolish decisions. We become much more efficient. We do not tire
so easily, for we are not burning up energy foolishly as we did when we were
trying to arrange life to suit ourselves.
Big
Book pgs. 87 & 88
In
all times of emotional disturbance or indecision, we can pause, ask for quiet,
and in the stillness simply say: "God grant me the serenity to accept the
things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know
the difference. Thy will, not mine be done."
Twelve
Steps & Twelve Traditions pg. 41
We
saw we needn't be bludgeoned and beaten into humility. It could come quite as
much from our voluntary reaching for it as it could from unremitting
suffering. A great turning point in our lives came when we sought humility as
something we really wanted, rather than as something we must have. It marked
the time when we could commence to see the full implication of Step Seven:
"Humbly ask Him to remove our shortcomings."
Twelve
Steps & Twelve Traditions pg. 75
Creator
help us listen in our hearts.