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Maciek 3 months ago
If I break a leg, I temporarily need aid from others and then I'm dependent on crutches etc. to be able to move. If I don't have a leg, I'm permanently need some kind of support. I'm not going to be able to walk or run like other people. But I still may be able to move efficiently. There are areas of my life where I'm not self-sufficient. I do things that I don't want to do. And this condition or tendency is permanent. In this regard I don't have a leg. I don't control things, that others are able to control. It's a kind of mental illness. It's not my fault—I didn't choose it, but it's there. Fighting it is pointless, it's always a lost battle. And fighting it actually makes things worse. So I need help. Which is good. It forces me to go out of isolation and look for someone who can do for me, what I can't do for myself. And there's hope—as others before me went down this path. #lent #12steps #step2 View quoted note →
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Maciek 3 months ago
“I was taught to fight, taught to win… I never thought I could fail” And yet. Sometimes giving up is the best and the only thing I can do. There's shame in it, but also there's relief in realizing the fact of my powerlessness over something that other people overcome easily. GN. #lent #12steps #step1 View quoted note →
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Maciek 3 months ago
There are things in me and around me, including some things I do, over which I'm powerless. The first step to freedom is to admit it, accept it. #lent #12steps #step1 View quoted note →
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Maciek 3 months ago
Why do I keep doing what I don’t want? #lent #12steps #step1
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Maciek 3 months ago
Spring getting closer. Suddenly +6°C. Mud world. GM. image
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Maciek 3 months ago
God knows, that being free, we will make mistakes. He is not disappointed with us. Why would He? He trusts, that even so little love that we're able to give, means a lot. And I trust, that He knows, what He's doing. #lent View quoted note →
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Maciek 3 months ago
It requires freedom to be able to love. Giving freedom is an act of love. It requires courage to trust someone and give them freedom. Courage is not absence of fear, it is acting despite fear. God is courageous. He gives us freedom out of love, because He wants us to be able to love. #lent View quoted note →