Note: This post was submitted under our previous forum system which was anonymous. Please do not be alarmed that your username is not visible alongside your post. For consistency we need to preserve anonymity in the old forum system. These topics are still active and open for comment.

Please read the Iceberg House Rules before posting or commenting in these forums. You must be logged in to post or comment.

Lovely thought-provoking poem

Don't Resist

Accept the things that come your way,
Don't fight them, or you'll find
That they'll get worse and out of hand,
As tension fills your mind.

Accept but first ask for God's advice,
Ask him to share your task,
You'll find support, right answers, strength,
The moment that you ask.

Accept, don't ask, "Why should this be?"
Each happening is a test,
For life on earth's a place to learn
The way to live it best.

Accept the sorrows and the pain,
For through them we progress,
They'll lead to patience, courage, trust,
And inner happiness.

by Chrissy Greenslade

~~~~~

Submitted by Carol

I read this brilliant, beautiful poem today and had to share it with you all as I feel that it is very relevant to the bumps in the road we may come across in recovery. (I personally refer to God as any sort of Higher Power, Inner Selves etc. I find meditation very helpful in recovery)