“When you begin a great work, you can’t expect to finish it all at once; therefore, you and your brothers press on and let nothing discourage you until you have entirely finished what you have begun.” -Teedyuschung, DELAWARE
All things have their seasons. All thoughts are real. We must think to cause action and each action creates results. Big visions require many thoughts. It takes a series of thoughts to create a series of actions. A series of actions creates a series of results. These results are what make vision become real. If we are here to serve a higher power, then we can expect to be accomplishing big visions. How do we do this? One step at a time.
Just for Today:
Step One
The First Step begins with “we,” and there’s a reason for that. There is great strength in making a verbal admission of our powerlessness. And when we go to meetings and make this admission, we gain more than personal strength. We become members, part of a collective “we” that allows us, together, to recover from our addiction. With membership in Fellowship comes a wealth of experience: the experience of other addicts who have found a way to recover from their disease. No longer must we try to solve the puzzle of our addiction on our own. When we honestly admit our powerlessness over our addiction, we can begin the search for a better way to live. We won’t be searching alone - we’re in good company.
Just for Today: I will start the day with an admission of my powerlessness over my addiction. I will remind myself that the First Step starts with “we,” and know that I never have to be alone with my disease again.