“There I humbly offered myself to God” (Chapter One, Big Book)
“Can we steadfastly content ourselves with the humbler, yet sometimes more durable, satisfactions when the brighter, more glittering achievements are denied us?” (Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions)
“5 The magic of the world can seem to hide the pain of sin from sinners, and deceive with glitter and with guile.” (ACIM)
“4 You can practice the mechanics of the holy instant, and will learn much from doing so. 5 Yet its shining and glittering brilliance, which will literally blind you to this world by its own vision, you cannot supply.” (ACIM)
A bad habit: running the world.
It’s easier to live in the world invisibly. This takes the pressure off. This is not irresponsibility. God’s will is indeed done. This might not glitter below, but it glitters above. Different glitters.