Step Seven - Humbly asked him to remove our shortcomings.
1. How am I humble? How can I be more so?
2. What defects am I ready to have removed?
3. How can I treat myself with compassion in my recovery and ask for the willingness to keep trying?
4. As I work Step Seven do I see a change in my relationship with my Higher Power?
Love you all - Dot
Rita G said
Aug 25, 2006
1. How am I humble? How can I be more so?
Most of my humbleness comes in my recognition of the awesome strength of my HP and relying on that HP
2. What defects am I ready to have removed? Is the page long enough to list them - self-will would be the first and most important - wanting things my way or thinking I know how things should be and what is best for everyone.
3. How can I treat myself with compassion in my recovery and ask for the willingness to keep trying? Progress not Perfection is the slogan that constantly reminds me to do this - Also, I have to ask myself would I be so hard on one of my sponsees if they were in my shoes - more than likely not - I would treat them with compassionate understanding and tell them to learn from the mistake and keep trying - why not do that with myself???
4. As I work Step Seven do I see a change in my relationship with my Higher Power? My relationship with My HP is changing constantly because I am changing constantly - it changes and grows with me - just like I can't handle all of recovery at one time - I don't think I could handle all of my HP at one time - so little by little, bit by bit - my HP reveals himself to me as I learn more about me and my faith in my HP grows and the bond becomes stronger.
Great questions Dot - Hope everyone has a great weekend -
Visit with ya'll later,
Rita
dot said
Aug 28, 2006
Hi Rita - Enjoyed your answers and the food for thought they gave me. Like you, self-will is a big one for me. Thankfully, it's much better than when I came to Al-Anon quite a few 24 hours ago. I've learned to start over whenever I stumble and not let it spoil the rest of my day.
I did have a great weekend with long time Al-Anon and AA friends visiting from Fla. I'm in E. Tawas, Mich on the shore of Lake Huron.
Love - Dot
wallsal55 said
Oct 18, 2006
On being humble...this one has been tough. I felt like my ego was tromped on....and I wanted some EGO back! Well....I became a big HAM!
I dunno....3 - 4 yrs. of alanon....has let some helium out of my balloon...I am getting back to reasonable size. I still want my good parts to be accentuated, while the negatives are quieted down bit by bit. It's getting everything back into balance. : ) ....and Proper Perspective! : )
P.S.---we need not be terrified of this step either....Keep It Simple....All we have to do is Humbly Ask. Just Ask. Beautiful !
1. How am I humble? How can I be more so?
Most of my humbleness comes in my recognition of the awesome strength of my HP and relying on that HP
2. What defects am I ready to have removed? Is the page long enough to list them - self-will would be the first and most important - wanting things my way or thinking I know how things should be and what is best for everyone.
3. How can I treat myself with compassion in my recovery and ask for the willingness to keep trying? Progress not Perfection is the slogan that constantly reminds me to do this - Also, I have to ask myself would I be so hard on one of my sponsees if they were in my shoes - more than likely not - I would treat them with compassionate understanding and tell them to learn from the mistake and keep trying - why not do that with myself???
4. As I work Step Seven do I see a change in my relationship with my Higher Power? My relationship with My HP is changing constantly because I am changing constantly - it changes and grows with me - just like I can't handle all of recovery at one time - I don't think I could handle all of my HP at one time - so little by little, bit by bit - my HP reveals himself to me as I learn more about me and my faith in my HP grows and the bond becomes stronger.
Great questions Dot - Hope everyone has a great weekend -
Visit with ya'll later,
Rita
On being humble...this one has been tough. I felt like my ego was tromped on....and I wanted some EGO back! Well....I became a big HAM!
I dunno....3 - 4 yrs. of alanon....has let some helium out of my balloon...I am getting back to reasonable size. I still want my good parts to be accentuated, while the negatives are quieted down bit by bit. It's getting everything back into balance. : ) ....and Proper Perspective! : )
P.S.---we need not be terrified of this step either....Keep It Simple....All we have to do is Humbly Ask. Just Ask. Beautiful !
-- Edited by wallsal55 at 23:23, 2006-10-18