Reflection. . . Being of Service

Laureen S.
on 10/17/10 9:15 pm - Maple Shade, NJ

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years of trying to get other people interested in you.
--Dale Carnegie

We wanted friends, but our addiction wanted all our attention. We had no time to be close to others.

Well, stand aside addiction! The program has taught us that others are important. Our purpose is to help others. People have become what's important to us.

Now we listen to others. We help them do what they want to do, not what we want them to do. We help people instead of use them. Friendship is now a way of life. And another promise of the program becomes a part of us.

Prayer for the Day

Higher Power, help me to know that I'm here to help others, not just myself. Through others, I find myself.

Today's Action

Today I'll help someone in the way he or she wants to be helped.

My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen

"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland

lynnc99
on 10/17/10 9:57 pm

RNY on 07/15/09

Love this Laureen.

I've discovered that when someone says, "Can I talk to you for a minute?" what they are really saying is "Will you listen to me?"

Cheryl.P
on 10/17/10 10:04 pm - Philadelphia, PA

RNY on 04/12/10

thanks for this. i will try to keep it in mind as i go to my parents to finish up some work i started. the kindness you are talking about is not easy or natural to me,but they are traits i hope to cultivate. thanks for planting the seed of thoughtfulness today.