This is the how and why of it. First of all, we had to quit playing God. It didn’t work. Next, we decided that hereafter in this drama of life, God was going to be our Director. He is the Principal; we are His agents. He is the Father, and we are His children. Most good ideas are simple, and this concept was the keystone of the new and triumphant arch through which we passed to freedom. (Alcoholics Anonymous, page 62)

I have lessons to learn,
growth to experience.
I’d rather know what lessons,
guide the growth. I cannot.
I set out, ready to learn,
ready to grow, ready to drive
thousands of miles,
not alone, just nobody else
visible. Only voices
on the radio,
in the iPod,
in my head.
And you, my friends,
my cloud of witnesses.