When riding in an airplane on automatic pilot, I marvel at the way the aircraft stays on course even while bouncing and shaking through pockets of turbulence. Even more significant is the pilot's calm indifference to these minor movements as he checks occasionally to make sure the plane continues on the right course.
Many things that happen to us each day are no more important than the routine turbulence an aircraft encounters. But as sick, compulsive people, we sometimes view every disturbance as a terrible storm and become panicky or enraged over things that are of little consequence in the long run. "I could accept a major calamity, but a broken fingernail ruined my day," one speaker said at an AA meeting.
We can set our lives on "automatic pilot" by choosing continuing recovery as our major goal and letting all things fall in line with that. The turbulence of ordinary living cannot deflect us from our true course if we calmly accept it as natural, unavoidable, and nonthreatening. Even if a real storm blows up and gives us anxious moments, we can stay on the recovery course we have chosen.
Disappointments and annoyances are part of the human condition. I will be cheerful and optimistic today even if I am bounced around a bit. There is within me an automatic pilot, through which my Higher Power leads me to continued recovery and true fulfillment as a person."
Don't you know Glad that the AP takes the fun out of flying...doing it yourself...being in CONTROL...taking risks or staying above the storm. I always took the A/P along with me and rarely ever used it unless I didn't want to pay attention and just read or hold conversation with passengers. I just don't like the picture of relying on an A/P. Now using the H/P is an entirely different perspective. I can fly and H/P and I can both enjoy the trip. I have had H/P save my butt and the plane on several occasions so that now I can enjoy and grow with the MI/P. LOL ((((hugs))))
yUP .i ALSO AM AFRAID THAT FOR FIRST HALF OF MY LIFE " I ALWAYS WANTED THE FLY THE PLANE" today I fly with a GPS.....GOD'S PURPOSEFUL SERENITY!! When I keep it on, my direction is always pointing correctly!!! VERY PERTINENT MESSAGE FOR ME TODAY,THANKS
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Selfishness-self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles.
