Live and Let Live
My Own Business
05/May/08 Filed in: Slogans
Let's say that I want to focus on the meaning of
the First Step. If I push everything else out of
my mind, how might I rephrase it so that I could
understand it better?
Powerless over (in my case) alcohol causes me to wonder why, if I have no power over it, do I keep trying to exert codependent control over someone else's drinking. This thought leads me to wonder why I would want to hold on to the problem. Perhaps I should follow the advice of the slogan and "Live and Let Live." Perhaps I should just mind my own business and work my own program.
This does not mean that I no longer care for others. I should continue to pray for them, but I shouldn't try to run their lives. God cares for them as He cares for me.
Powerless over (in my case) alcohol causes me to wonder why, if I have no power over it, do I keep trying to exert codependent control over someone else's drinking. This thought leads me to wonder why I would want to hold on to the problem. Perhaps I should follow the advice of the slogan and "Live and Let Live." Perhaps I should just mind my own business and work my own program.
This does not mean that I no longer care for others. I should continue to pray for them, but I shouldn't try to run their lives. God cares for them as He cares for me.
—Anonymous