How have you let your HP into your life, lately?
Featured Comment on Life ::: “This weekend I have 3 days off. When I’m relaxed as I am now I’m more generous and forgiving. I feel more compassion when my head isn’t full of thoughts about what I need to be doing.” – Adam
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How might hope and faith support one another?
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Why isn’t just believing in something enough to make life better?
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Time to Start – Blue Man Group (4:40)
Insane in the Membrane – Cypress Hill (3:26)
Life & Birth Meditation (13:49)
Einstein on God (7:48)
In today’s SFZ, Step Three teaches that belief must lead to action. Faith alone, while vital, is not enough. William James, a pioneer in psychology and religious experience, argued that belief without transformation is hollow. The recovery process demands more than trust—it calls for surrender. Surrender, as Richard Rohr notes, is the key to spiritual growth. We must hand over control to something greater than ourselves.
The dilemma arises when individuals claim faith but live unchanged. According to Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, we may believe in God, yet still shut Him out. Faith becomes empty when it stays in the mind and never moves the heart or behavior. Søren Kierkegaard, the Danish theologian, warned of this “inauthentic faith”—faith not acted upon becomes denial in disguise.
The solution comes through action. Step Three calls us to a conscious choice: to align our will with a Higher Power. This act is not passive—it is deliberate. As It Works: How and Why states, we must be willing to let our Higher Power guide us. This willingness opens us to change.
Plutarch’s words echo this truth: change must begin inside. When we give up control and live by spiritual principles, our outer life begins to reflect inner peace. Viktor Frankl reminds us that meaning arises when we respond to life with responsibility, not just belief.
In short, life becomes worth living when faith is paired with willingness and action.
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