REACHING OUT IS THE BEGINNING -
"Good ideas and good intentions do not help if we fail to put them into action. Reaching out is the beginning of the struggle that will set us free. It will break down the walls that imprison us. ... honest sharing will free us to recover." (How Al-Anon Works, p. 56)
GETTING INTO ACTION -
"As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and 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.' " (12 & 12, p. 52)
"You ask me
why I do not write
something ... . I think
one's feelings waste
themselves in words, they
ought all to be distilled
into actions and in-
to actions which
bring results."
- Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910) English nurse in the Crimean War
*HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself, like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.
