In about the same degree as you are helpful, you will be happy.
~ Karl Reiland ~
The service work we are called to do in Step Twelve is a result of our spiritual awakening. When most of us thought of service, we thought of restaurant help, chores around the house, washing windows. The thought of service was burdensome if not downright irritating. We probably schemed throughout our lives to do as little service as possible. Every moment we gave to someone else was one less moment we could spend on ourselves. This stands to reason, for we were totally self-centered. Even those of us who acted as if’ we cared normally received much more than we ever gave.
The 12 Step way of life produces “other-centeredness.” We, by the grace of God, care less about ourselves and more about our fellows.
When I pass on my recovery, I keep it. This spiritual paradox becomes an all-determining reality for me, that to keep what I have found, I must give it away. Service becomes a way of life.
©1990 by Anonymous, Published by Hazelden
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