HOLDING ONTO THE NEW JEWELS IN OUR CROWN -
" ... when we have difficulty practicing spiritual principles, we turn to the God [or H.P.] of our understanding. In this step, we ask a loving [H.P.] to remove our impatience, our intolerance, our dishonesty, or whatever shortcoming is currently in the way." (It Works, How & Why, p. 52)
NO MORE "PLAYING GOD" -
"We could actually have earnest religious beliefs which remained barren because we were still trying to play God ourselves." "That basic ingredient of all humility, a desire to seek and do [our H.P.'s] will, was missing." (12 & 12, p. 72)
"One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds."
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948) - India Independence Movement Leader from British rule
*HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself, like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.
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