It is our actions that are important.  We leave the results to our Higher Power.

Basic Text, p. 91

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Theres an old saying we sometimes hear in our meetings:  If you want to make God laugh, make plans.  When we hear this we usually laugh, too, but theres a nervous edge to our laughter.  We wonder if all of our carefully laid plans are doomed to fail.  If were planning a big eventa wedding, a return to school, or perhaps a career changewe begin to wonder if our plans are the same as our Higher Powers plans.  We are capable of working ourselves into such a frenzy of worry over this question that we refuse to make any plans at all.

But the simple fact is that we really dont know whether our Higher Powers plans for our lives are carved in stone or not.  Most of us have opinions about fate and destiny but, whether we believe in such theories or not, we still have a responsibility to live our lives and make plans for the future.  If we refuse to accept responsibility for our lives, were still making plansplans for a shallow, boring existence.

What we make in recovery are plans, not results.  Well never know whether the marriage, the education, or the new job is going to work out until we try it.  We simply exercise our best judgment, check with our sponsor, pray, use all the information at hand, and make the most reasonable plans we can.  For the rest, we trust in the loving care of the God of our understanding, knowing that weve acted responsibly.

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Just for today:  I will make plans, but I will not plan the results.  I will trust in my Higher Powers loving care.