Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Gossip needn’t be false to be evil—there’s a lot of truth that shouldn’t be passed around. — Frank A. Clark
To be a friend is a trust placed in us. Naturally, as we get to know someone better, and we grow closer over time, he lets us into his more private and personal world, and he does that in a spirit of trust. In a sense, he is saying we may come past the fence that keeps most people out because he trusts us. Maybe he even lets us know some guarded secrets about his life. We need to be sure that we live up to the trust placed in us. Our self-respect and our character are at stake: how loyally do we honor that trust?
When we attend our meetings, we hear many things that are spoken in trust. Hearing someone’s story is a privilege and an honor, and with that comes our duty to honor and protect the privacy of our fellow members. When someone takes us into his privacy, it becomes our job to protect it. If we fail to keep his trust, it reflects on us as not worthy of the honor.
Today, I am grateful for the chance to know other men and women so well that they share their private lives with me. I honor that trust by protecting their privacy.
Hazelden Foundation
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