“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.” Søren Kierkegaard
“The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.” David Foster Wallace
"Always do what you are afraid to do." Ralph Waldo Emerson
The 'Big Book' helped birth my freedom and reads that ‘we are driven by a hundred forms of fear.’ That it is “An evil corroding thread.” This is not necessarily phobias but is rather the FEAR (False Evidence Appearing Real) that is driven by our egoic/apparent (or real) instinctual 'needs.'
When we act out of fear, it is commonly due to one of our three basic needs being threatened. When we probe wounds, the places that are infected, we are likely to feel pain, but we are suggested to be 'fearless and thorough' (entirely willing) from the very start.
To begin breaking the addiction to the judgment of others and of self-loathing, we move into the 4th Step Higher Powered by the 3rd Step. The 5th Step removes the puss that aggravates the infection. The infection dies in the light of love. So open the infection, clean it out, then take up your bed and walk. Don't quit before the miracle happens. Removing the obstacles to the love of others as yourself; it helps bring into true focus what WE mean. 'We' are God, you and me.
OK, you know me, here come the G-Words. God & Grace.
“Love is all, it gives all, and it takes all.” Soren Kierkegaard
Unconditional Grace is our duty, but we have to say YES because it's not foisted on us because of our Free Agency. God delves deeper into the human heart than the knife of unforgiveness can fathom. Without an offense, forgiveness is impossible, and forgiveness is a requirement of love. Forgiveness runs deeper than the offense which requires its presence. It's like the seed of love is at the tips of the knife that stabs us. IT MIGHT TAKE A WHILE, SOMETIMES A LONG WHILE TO HEAL, but as the saying goes, it ain't easy, but it's worth it.
In God's Economy, nothing is wasted. IMPOSSIBLE is God's favorite word and is why being ‘powerless returns us to a state of original innocence and we thus get our true power back.