If you're struggling with the concept of a "power greater than myself" in a 12 step program, a faith practice, or just day to day habits ( it can be challenging to move through life with no faith at all), consider your definition of "myself". 

Since more than 90% of the reasons for our choices are NOT located in our conscious mind ( this is science, not conjecture), and since it has been proven that we really are a bunch of teeny tiny particles bouncing about in a universe of teeny tiny particles bumping into each other, it'snot hard at all to remember
1. we really are connected to each other and all beings, plants, and literally everything ( even the table in front of you and the ground beneath your feet are not really "solid") since we aren't this solid thing we imagine. 

2. we evolved as beings made of stardust, ancient material that is unimaginably old ( think bigger than trillions of years ) 

3.no matter how perfect your parents or your upbringing or your current circumstances, you are most likely to believe you are flawed in ways that you are not, since it is difficult to see the perfection in your wrinkles, your impossible to break habit of being late or any other seemingly terrible "parts" since you can't adopt the view of world filled with unique miracles from the standpoint of your narrow perception through minds eyes noses hands ears skin etc trained and/or biologically oriented towards survival. ( survival means that we are geared to see what's wrong first to prevent a disaster- we don't "need" to see whats right). 

So the concept of power greater than yourself is much easier to consider from the view of myself as being a VERY small part of the actual being I am on this planet spinning millions of miles an hour around the sun.

Okedoke, I think I've got my next helpful book idea!

onward, normal people. Yours truly is going to dive way too deep today - I can tell already! (Look out world an obsessive deep thinker is entering the arena. ha ha) 

I love you and yours,

Mary