"To go along
with this deep-seated belief in God, I have developed an enormous faith in God.
He is good. My understanding is that everything He sends my way is for my
benefit. But the growth of this understanding has taken time, as well as a
relinquishing of my resistance to change. I needed the trials and tribulations I
have had, so that I could surrender and give up self. Only in complete
acceptance of the utter defeat of my pride and ego could I begin to
win."
1973 AAWS Inc.
Came to
Believe, 30th printing 2004, pgs.
86-87