Holding On

 One of the things about my church is that if you receive communion in the hand, you have to stop holding onto things in order to open your hand and receive the host.  A good metaphor.  Put down your cell phone for a moment.  But more than that, it is a symbol of letting go of other things we hold onto.  Receiving the host, God, for the believer, they are invited to let go of resentments, fears, self-centeredness, hate, anger, revenge and such character defects as may diminish oneself from a relationship with their God.  Recovery too, invites openness.  It invites an open mind, and an open hand to be of service to others, to reach out to others, and in meetings, to put down the cell phone.