I had a pretty amazing day yesterday. For the first time in weeks, I can actually say that I had a good day.

Because I finally let go again. I finally turned all of the day’s events over to the Universe.

I knew what I wanted from the day. I wanted to feel good. I wanted to be productive at work. I wanted to have a little bit of that joy and peace of mind that I’ve been lacking lately.

So I asked for it in the morning.

I thanked God for all of the amazing gifts that I have in my life: my wife, my stepson, my apartment, my job…

I recognized who I was: a man, a recovering alcoholic, a husband, a worker, a blogger…

And I turned the day over to God. I relinquished control. I recognized my own inability to control most of the events around me. And I asked for the “knowledge of His will for me and the power to carry it out.”

“Knowledge of His will for me…” - There are so many levels to this that it could take several posts to cover it (and if this blog moves in the direction I think it’s going to move in, you’ll be reading them!). But in its most basic form, God’s will for me is, as I understand it, to work on what’s in front of me. If there is more than one thing in front of me, then the question becomes “What is the best that I can do, right now, for myself and the people around me.” That’s it. If I let it get more complicated than that in my daily moments, then my ego is starting to try to run the show, trying to plan and manage and delegate every little detail of my life and the life of those around me. So, it’s just “What’s in front of me?” and “Of the stuff that’s in front of me, what’s the best thing that I can do?”

“The Power to carry that out.” - Another few words that could be written about for pages and pages and pages (which has already happened). All that this one means to me is the ability to do the thing that came up in the questions above. Do I take some time to rest first, or do I just jump in? Is there something I need to do first to prepare? I do believe that if I have the proper knowledge, if I’m not kidding myself about the answer to the first question, then the power will be there to do the thing that I want or need to do.

As long as I just act, and I stay out of my own way.

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