THE PATTERN OF OUR LIVES -
"We are embarking
on a search for insight
into ourselves our feelings,
our fears, our resentments,
and the patterns of beha-
vior that make up our
lives." (It Works,
How & Why,
p. 26)
NEW FREEDOM FROM THE PATTERNS THAT ENSLAVE -
"We can go far
beyond those things
which were superficially
wrong with us, to see those
flaws which were basic, flaws
which sometimes were re-
sponsible for the whole
pattern of our lives."
(12 & 12, p. 80)
"We sleep,
but the loom
of life never stops,
and the pattern which
was weaving when the
sun went down is
weaving when it
comes up in the
morning."
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887) U.S. abolitionist & clergyman
HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself, like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.