Progress, Progress, Progress

aI left a meeting the other night with a few reminders for myself. It was primarily about progresss not perfection. We have a disease that is always at work whether we were born with it or grew into it. I read a passage about how AA was developed out of struggle. Bill W. and Dr. Bob had no rules when they started AA but they must have ultimately seen their struggles as an opportunity for growth. Adversity forces you to push yourself. A good wrestling coach will push you to your limits to show you the depth of your strength and this is obviously for your benefit. Our disease is one that leaves many of us hopeless, impossibly hopeless often many many times before we begin the road to successful recovery. It is often at these times that we wonder where our higher power is and why life is so difficult; why am I suffering, so? It is in this time that your higher power is doing the most work for you. Showing you the depth of your strength and stripping you of that which is negative in your life. Your suffering is not happening to you but for you. This is so hard to take in while in the midst of so much change and strife but clarity will come. You will see this suffering as your opportunity for growth and change. So progress, not perfection, as surely your life will continue to be filled with adversity to challenge you. Thanks for letting me share.