Today the subjects, I think others, and acceptance, were topics. The reason I seem a little lost is that I had some other things in my mind. I had been addressed by a few people this week, who were having deep problems with their sisters and brothers. Life or death. And my mind was on other things, like caring and loving. And also the meaning of the Serenity Prayer.
Hopefully I was able to pass caring onto these people. I certainly had been in their shoes and knew what was going on with each of them. Not hard to find when I’ve been there myself. I too had to learn how to respond to what was going on. To not get caught up in myself, other than still staying sober. But to reach out and express my love for those I needed to support through their pain and suffering.
Hopefully I think, at least two of them, realized that they had no power to change anything. As one old friend of mine once said, when she was near the end, “It is what it is.” Nothing could be more true. All I could do was to bring some love and kindness into the scene. To allow them to be who they were and how they were. I had to have the courage to change myself.
My mind has been on love and caring for others. To turn my will and my life over to my Higher Power, and to pray for each of them. All I can do is to be aware and willing to do whatever they needed from me. And I hope the others are the same.
Anyway I needed to stop and remember why I am here. To be willing to carry our message to those who need it. To remember that I hope that I can be the example others need, staying sober a day at a time. To remember to act in gratitude for all I have been given. To pass along, hope, faith, and love, as it was given to me so freely by my Higher Power and my old sponsor, and so many others in here.