THE PARADOX OF THE IDEAL -
"While the circumstances of our lives may not change, the way we deal with those circumstances does." "[W]e cease to struggle against life on life's terms. Striving to maintain and build on our surrender, we are better able to live and enjoy life in the moment." (It Works, How & Why, p. 23)
SURRENDERING CAN LEAD TO LETTING INSPIRATION IN -
" ... we ask God
[or our H.P.* ] for in-
spiration, an intuitive
thought or decision. We
relax and take it easy.
We don't struggle."
(The Big Book,
p. 86)
"[One] must be out
-of-doors enough to
get experience of whole-
some reality, as a ballast
to thought and sentiment.
Health requires this re-
laxation, this aim-
less life."
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) U.S. poet / novelist
*HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself. Like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.
