From Which You May Get To Practice Three And Eleven
June 12, 2008 by Mark
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
I think today’s Daily Reflections
Forming True Partnerships
“But it is from our twisted relations with family, friends, and society at large that many of us have suffered the most. We have been especially stupid and stubborn about them. The primary fact that we fail to recognize is our total inability to form a true partnership with another human being.”
Can these words apply to me, am I still unable to form a true partnership with another human being? What a terrible handicap that would be for me to carry into my sober life! In my sobriety I will meditate and pray to discover how I may be a trusted friend and companion.
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What happens when I have stopped twisting the relations with my family, friends and society at large? What happens when I am no longer as stupid and stubborn as I had been? What happens when I am no longer unable to form true partnerships?
When I feel tortured and alone… I look to this reflection and find that I am still alone though I have found the ability to form true partnerships.
This is the reading that leads me to believe something contrary to “Do the right thing and the right thing will happen.” According to whom? What will happen will happen according to God. If I do the right thing something other than what I think is best is liable to happen and it is then that I must practice 3 and 11!
Thy Will, Not Mine, Be Done…
Because I’m soooo smart – I think I know what the right thing is!
Mark, I used to spend a lot of time worrying that there was something wrong with me because I didn’t have a mate. I have many, many good relationships with many people, so I have stopped focusing on that one area of my life so much. I have decided that this does not make me defective.
Thanks MC – you know where I’m at…
I trust that with experiences like yours I can make it through these times.