BAG OF TOOLS:

Who would try to nail boards together
without a hammer or change a flat tire

without a jack? To deny our need for tools
would be ridiculous, wouldn't it? Yet
many of us have trouble accepting that we
need tools to repair our damaged
self-esteem.

Sheer force of will won't lift a car so that
a bad tire can be replaced and it won't lift
a heavy burden from our spirits either.
Insight and knowledge of carpentry can't
pound a nail – nor can insight and
knowledge, without the help of tools,
pound the dents out of our battered
psyches.

It isn't weak or shameful to admit that a
human finger isn't a screwdriver and a
human eye isn't a microscope. Why do
we resist the idea that spiritual work,

like physical work, has its own set of
tools? Reading, sharing, praying, and
attending our support group's meetings
– these are the tools that help us do the
job. They aren't optional niceties or
crutches. If we need to lay a new
foundation, we need to dig a big hole.
And if we need to dig a hole, we'd better
be willing to use a shovel.

My willingness to use the tools
determines the outcome of the job.

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