Happiness is a by product of an effort to make someone else happy. --Gretta Brooker Palmer
Self-centeredness aggravates the natural flow of circumstances surrounding us; too much attention on ourselves distorts whatever might be troubling us. However, focusing on others' needs diminishes what we'd perceived as our own pressing need. This is a simple principle we might all consider adopting.
None of us is free of problems. That's one of life's givens. Through their resolution we grow and ready ourselves for the next group of challenges. Each group we survive enables us to offer better assistance to someone else who will confront a similar problem. Perhaps we'd do well to see all our problems as preparation for guiding someone who will come into our life. Helping someone else is certain to lift spirits and foster happiness, but the unexpected reward is that the helper reaps even greater benefits than the one helped.
My happiness is guaranteed if I help someone else find it today.
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'Those who leave everything in God's hand will eventually see God's hand in everything.'
Hi Pappy, Have you ever had times when you've been all embroiled in yourself, and one of your sponsorees shows up for weekly Step-work and the self-centeredness just disappears from inside you? Just wondering. Very good post. Liked it a lot. Blessings, Mike D.
Oh yes, ... I've had those times ... LOL ... I find it truly amazing how something going on in my life that was cause for concern, completely disappears when meeting a sponsee to help them ... when you work with someone who is struggling to work the program your whole focus is on them and not 'me' ... ... ... and I generally walk away feeling better about my position than when I did before the meeting with them ... Good observation ... ... ...
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'Those who leave everything in God's hand will eventually see God's hand in everything.'
