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, p. 62
A keystone is the wedge-shaped piece at the highest part of an arch that locks the other pieces in place. The “other pieces” are Steps One, Two, and Four through Twelve. In one sense this sounds like Step Three is the most important Step, that the other eleven depend on the third for support. In reality however, Step Three is just one of twelve. It is the keystone, but without eleven other stones to build the base and the arms, keystone or not, there will be no arch. Through working of all Twelve Steps, I find that triumphant arch waiting for me to pass through to another day of freedom.
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Living within “this” moment. Only place God will meet me at. Neither past or future.
For me,I love the part about where it says “we passed through to freedom”,like from darkness into light,like we may be afraid to go through and like there may be some turbulence as we pass through but in order to get to freedom,we must be willing to walk through it..,for me,that “passing through to freedom” is doing the steps.