Walking Through Fear
May 9, 2008 by Mark
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
I can relate to what is said in today’s reflection…
“If we still cling to something we will not let go, we ask God to help us be willing.”
It adds;
“When I had taken my Fifth Step, I became aware that all my defects of character stemmed from my need to feel secure and loved.”
And that’s where I identify!
Reading further, the message becomes – I ask for God’s help and somehow (?) I find myself, having decided to walk through my fear, helping someone else who is walking through their fear! In this reflection the fears are identical.
I’m finding it “funny” right now because all of a sudden I feel like it is my responsibility to help someone walk through their fear which, no doubt, will be the same as mine. Then, I’ll probably discover that I’ll “forget my fear and comfort her.”
Thus, a spiritual experience helps me to see how willingness was/is the “key to working the rest of the Twelve Steps to recovery.”
“God helps those who help themselves.”
