GETTING WHAT'S BEST FOR US -
"We are thankful for this step, because we begin to get what is best for us. Sometimes we prayed for our wants and got trapped once we got them. We could pray and get something, then have to pray for its removal, because we couldn't handle it." (The Basic Text 6th ed., p. 48)
IT'S NOT ALWAYS WHAT WE THINK WE 'NEED' -
"This answer
has to do with the
quality of faith." "We
had not even pray-
ed rightly. We had al-
ways said, 'Grant me
my wishes' instead
of 'Thy will be
done.' " (12
& 12, p.
ο»Ώ32)
"There are more
tears shed over an-
swered prayers than
over unanswered
prayers."
- Saint Teresa of Avila (1515 - 1582) Roman Catholic Nun
*HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself. Like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.
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