“We were in a position where life was becoming impossible, and if we had passed into the region from which there is no return through human aid, we had but two alternatives: One was to go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of our intolerable situation as best we could; and the other, to accept spiritual help.” (Chapter Two, Big Book)
“as willing to listen as the dying can be” (Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions)
כִּי הוּא אֱלֹהֵינוּ וַאֲנַחְנוּ עַם מַרְעִיתוֹ וְצֹאן יָדוֹ הַיּוֹם אִם־בְּקֹלוֹ תִשְׁמָעוּ
“For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture and the flocks of His hand, today, if you hearken to His voice. (Psalm 95:7)”
- God gives me everything I need.
- Grazing animals do not make their own food.
- Sheep are pretty stupid: they need a shepherd.
- We are pretty stupid: we need God.
- I am in God’s hands.
- When? Today: the day that counts.
- But there’s a condition: I have to listen. Am I listening?