“THE WILLINGNESS TO GROW” – “The willingness to grow is the essence of all spiritual development.” (As Bill Sees It, p. 171)

THE RESULTS WILL FOLLOW – “Our willingness to grow spiritually keeps us buoyant. When we take the actions indicated in the steps, the results are a change in our personality.  It is our actions that are important. We leave the results to our Higher Power.”  (The Basic Text, p. 91)

“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”  – E. M. Forster (1879 – 1970) British novelist

Let Go: Longboarding to Freedom (4:58)

E. M. Forster Brief LGBT Bio (0:32)

How have you ‘let go’ of managing the results, lately? 

Powers of The Hermit :

Once, a hermit lived in a forest. He meditated for many years. Gods were so happy with his devotion that they gave him various powers to be used when needed. Initially the hermit was a humble person but as he gained powers, he became very proud of himself.

One day he had to go to a nearby city for some work. So the hermit left the forest. He walked a while and soon reached the bank of a river. He looked around and saw a boat and boatman. He was about to hire the boat to cross the river when he saw a sage meditating on the other bank. The hermit tried to show off and used his power to walk across over the river surface. Then he went to the sage and said, “Did you see, how I used my power to walk on water? Can you do this?”

“Yes, of course, I can. But I think you wasted your precious power here. You could have crossed the river by simply paying rupees fifty to the boatman.”

Though the proud hermit felt insulted but he realized that pride always has negative results.  (http://www.english-for-students.com/Powers-of-The-Hermit.html)