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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