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I love the simplicity of this solution to whatever is getting under my skin at the moment. \u00a0Any moment<\/em><\/strong>. \u00a0I well remember being given the small blue booklet titled Acceptance<\/strong><\/em> when I came into the 12 step rooms of recovery back in the mid 70’s. \u00a0The first time I read it, it offered great relief and on every subsequent reading too. \u00a0I experienced a big sigh of relief washing over me, in fact. \u00a0Acceptance<\/strong> was such a simple suggestion but it moved me in a profound way. \u00a0I had never before felt hope at such a deep level. \u00a0I knew, without a doubt, that something powerful had happened within me.<\/p>\n

When I came into the fellowship I was pretty bereft, for sure, but getting such a mystical sense of well being so quickly from reading a short, simple booklet didn’t seem logical. \u00a0I didn’t want to doubt the potential it offered me though. \u00a0It felt too delicious. \u00a0And I heard others refer to the same little booklet at nearly every meeting. \u00a0It seemed like all of us were being “carried” by the same simple message. \u00a0How grateful I was to my sponsor for giving me the booklet. \u00a0I wore many of them out, over the years, and I gave many away too.<\/p>\n

That’s one of the beauties of the fellowship and the connections we make. \u00a0In one way or another we all “have each others’ backs.” \u00a0Everyone knows what hopelessness feels like and none of us wants to go there ever again. \u00a0Seeing our friends trapped in that phase is troubling, and all too familiar. \u00a0Helping them find their way out helps us too. \u00a0Every suggestion we offer someone else is like reviewing for a test we may have to take one day again too. \u00a0The more reviewing we have done, the better we will do when faced with the same or a similar situation.<\/p>\n

The founders of our fellowship intuitively understood that people needed to talk to each other, to share honestly the details of who they were and what their fears were about in order to get free of them. \u00a0When any two are gathered together, we now know that God is present too. \u00a0It’s in that sharing that the hope that’s promised in the act of acceptance is allowed to manifest.<\/p>\n

Wisdom often comes in unexpected ways. \u00a0Our primary need is to be willing and ready to receive it. \u00a0The next phase is then to be just as willing and ready to pass it on to someone else. \u00a0It’s a never-ending circle. \u00a0Hallelujah.<\/p>\n

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