There is no such thing as "best" in the world of individuals. --Hosea Bellou
We live in a society driven by the concept of competition. "We are Number One" is drummed in our ears daily via advertising and sporting events. The message is that we must be or must have something "better than" if we have any sense of pride at all. Failure is the only other option.
But human behavior can't be judged according to this kind of rating system. How could we ever determine who is the best listener, the most insightful or compassionate? At any given moment, the best for us may not be the best for someone else. If it goes right to the heart, a simple word spoken at a meeting is the best word. If someone we hardly know nods and smiles from across the room, that smile is the best smile for us, here and now. The extended hand, the brief word of encouragement, will never be proclaimed "Number One" on television, never be memorialized in record books as better than the support someone else got, but for us, it's the best.
I am surrounded by a multitude of blessings. I need look no further for what I need.
This is true for me. I find if I shake someone else's hand that is not in sobriety as in a business deal or a hi how are you it is a kind of friendly thing. But when I walk into the rooms of aa no matter where I am when I take someones handshake My guard drops because we are here to help each other with a common problem between us and only we know what we are talking about.. I feel I have to say thank you for that. My HP Group Of Drunks
P.S. A good friend said that to me along time ago and it has always stuck with me
