my daily reflections…

it is true that when i take the time to listen to another rather than run my mouth i receive more the benefit than they do. it is a wondrous paradox. i have always held the belief that when i am able to only sit with someone without a word spoken there is a calmin effect that is beyond word. capturin that spiritual bond with them is bliss. when i was new to recovery and in the halfway house, i had been asked why i wouldnt ask anybody to take me back up home to visit my children. i responded that i did not want to trouble anybody with such a task. the person i was speakin with simply told me, that by my thinkin that i was troublin someone by not askin, i was takin somethin away from him or her. that little conversation brought to light the idea that service work was somethin that benefits the person who is givin, more than it was to ever benefit me. what a lesson! there is a reward in givin and i am blessed to be able to do it when possible. freely givin what was given to me is not too difficult a proposition; it relieves me from the bondage of self. it is somethin, that i know today, will be given back to me when i have honestly given it to others. passin on the forgiveness, hope, and love, my HP gives me, to another, and has been given to me by others in this thing we do, gives me the feelin of happiness within. it is with an understandin of how my alcoholism has affected the ones who love me most and how it affected me, that i can give this empathy to another who feels a need to try recovery for themselves. 1 day @ a time...