Saturday, December 18, 2021

Dec. 18, 2021 - Readings in Recovery: Today's Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

 

Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021

Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:

Letting Go of Timing

When the time is right, child. When the time is right. How often have we heard those words -- from a friend, a sponsor, our Higher Power?

We want things so badly — that job, that check, a relationship, a possession. We want our life to change. So we wait, sometimes patiently, sometimes anxiously, wondering all the while: When will the future bring me what I long for? Will I be happy then?

We try to predict, circling dates on the calendar, asking questions. We forget that we don’t hold the answers. The answers come from God. If we listen closely, we’ll hear them. When the time is right, child. When the time is right. Be happy now.

Today, I will relax. I am being prepared. I can let go of timing. I can stop manipulating outcomes. Good things will happen when the time is right, and they will happen naturally.

Hazelden Foundation

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