Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
When one’s own problems are unsolvable and all best efforts frustrated, it is lifesaving to listen to other people’s problems. — M. Suzanne Massie
Many years ago a sponsor suggested that I visit a nursing home to see my problems in a broader context. I was angry, not realizing that she was trying to show me that my obsessive focus on my problems was preventing me from seeing the solutions. I had forgotten that the solutions lie within the problems themselves. I was cut off from what God had to teach me through each problem. Troubling situations can be opportunities to explore new avenues of action. We can help each other see these possibilities when we take a breather from our own concerns and listen to those of a friend. The actions we need to take will arise when a problem is shared rather than fearfully hidden in isolation.
I will open myself to others today, and through them, find that God has solutions to my problems.
Hazelden Foundation
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