"In meditation we ask God what we should do about each specific matter. The right answer will come if we wait for it." Big Book P. 70.
Wait: To delay movement or action; to remain in readiness. (Ah, bullshit.)
"As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action." Big Book P. 87.
Pause: To interrupt an activity and wait. (Ah, there's the fucking waiting again. Pause is just another word for waiting. I'm being tricked into waiting again.)
"At no time had we asked what God's will was for us; instead we had been telling Him what it ought to be." 12&12 P. 29.
This makes sense to me: the telling God how things should be, that is. I'm still hoping that one birthday I get a Bat Phone that rings right into God's bedroom so I can tell Him how the day should go. The idiot, what does he know, anyway?
"Here we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don't struggle. We are often surprised how the right answers come after we have tried this for a while." Big Book P. 86.
Relax: To calm down.
Struggle: Strife; contention; great effort; a contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.
Really, the answers to most of my problems are found in the literature. These aren't complicated solutions: relaxing, waiting, listening, pausing, answers to my questions surfacing if I quit struggling.
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