10-23-07 -- Intimacy, Shmintimacy
On Tuesdays, we read from Blueprint for Progress. We are on the "Intimacy" chapter.
"It came to me slowly but surely that I did have this relationship in my life - with Al-Anon friends. My spiritual journey was being taken with my Sponsor; another Al-Anon friend was willing to listen to my job-related problems and give me input; another shared my grief and my journey to peace when my beloved sister died; I had but to make a phone call and someone would join me for a cup of coffee or a walk in our beautiful nature preserve nearby. I had it all - in different people, but all loving and caring for me. This realization led me to peace, gratitude, and letting go of the demands on my husband to be 'everything' for me." - In All Our Affairs, p. 23
All true, but I liked what another member said today. For him, focusing on building his relationship with his Higher Power is the most reliable way to get to real intimacy in life. I agree. I'm a ways from that. My feelings can be so strong at times that they overwhelm my channel to my Higher Power. Friends come and go but your Higher Power is always there. If I could just remember that. If I could just get to that higher ground.
