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Hope! Copa, you were right! Sharing from NarAnon
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<blockquote data-quote="WiseChoices" data-source="post: 753148" data-attributes="member: 24254"><p>It takes a lot of humility and growth to amend a previously held position. This post shows your character, Busy, and I appreciate who you are.</p><p></p><p>Yes, hope is a spiritual principle. It is the spiritual principle that underlies Step 2: Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.</p><p></p><p>While we are powerless over alcohol, addiction, other people, places, and things, Step 2 shows us that we are not helpless, and that we can hold on to hope that God will show us the way back to mental health. </p><p></p><p>And if I can be restored to sanity ,it follows that anyone can be healed. Noone is beyond spiritual help. God is much more powerful than anything we can imagine. Therefore, to me, it feels better to hold my sick loved ones in the best possible light, affirm their highest good, and place them into God's hands .Just as I turn my will (my thoughts and feelings) and my life (my actions) over to a power greater than myself, I also turn my sick loved ones over to God's care (love and concern).</p><p></p><p>In order for me to do that, I have to apply control and discipline where I have them: with myself. I release my resentments, I work through my hurt, and I align with love. Then I can meet my loved ones without a knot in my stomach. I can be truly neutral when I see them. I can hold them in God's love and light. I can look at them with forgiveness. I can see them for the children of God that they are, and through these efforts I can hold on to hope thatt God will work in their lives .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WiseChoices, post: 753148, member: 24254"] It takes a lot of humility and growth to amend a previously held position. This post shows your character, Busy, and I appreciate who you are. Yes, hope is a spiritual principle. It is the spiritual principle that underlies Step 2: Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. While we are powerless over alcohol, addiction, other people, places, and things, Step 2 shows us that we are not helpless, and that we can hold on to hope that God will show us the way back to mental health. And if I can be restored to sanity ,it follows that anyone can be healed. Noone is beyond spiritual help. God is much more powerful than anything we can imagine. Therefore, to me, it feels better to hold my sick loved ones in the best possible light, affirm their highest good, and place them into God's hands .Just as I turn my will (my thoughts and feelings) and my life (my actions) over to a power greater than myself, I also turn my sick loved ones over to God's care (love and concern). In order for me to do that, I have to apply control and discipline where I have them: with myself. I release my resentments, I work through my hurt, and I align with love. Then I can meet my loved ones without a knot in my stomach. I can be truly neutral when I see them. I can hold them in God's love and light. I can look at them with forgiveness. I can see them for the children of God that they are, and through these efforts I can hold on to hope thatt God will work in their lives . [/QUOTE]
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