Fences Serve A Purpose

“Don’t ever take down a fence until you know why it was put up.” – Robert Frost 

Step 4, “We have searched honestly and thoroughly into ourselves and examined the true motivations of our actions, thoughts, and emotions.” 

Treat this step as a mission of truth rather than a seek and destroy.  Some “fences” are there for a reason and maybe a gate into that area is more appropriate for the time being rather than ripping out the entire fence. 

In Step 4 we seek truth as to our true motivations of our actions, thoughts, and emotions.  Once we make a discovery it might take some time to work through what we discover and eliminate or replace what we find with something that doesn’t need to be “fenced”.  For now we can install a gate so that we may gain access. 

In Step 5 we bring a friend along, through the gate and into an area that is usually fenced off.  With understanding and love they assist us in understanding what it is we find there, how to eliminate it or change it so the fence is no longer needed. 

In Step 6 we are ready to accept help to eliminate or change our unbalance and in Step 7 we begin removing the fence that is no longer needed. 

What we fence off we do so for a reason, a self-protective mode we created for a reason.  To simply discover the fence and rip it out would be careless and leave us vulnerable.  Discover the fence, find the history of why it is there to begin with, change the reason for the fence and then remove it. 

Living life happier and healthier for today – FORWARD RESET.