Thursday, May 12, 2022
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Happiness is the sense that one matters. — Sarah Trimmer
Often during our active addiction, we acted as if nothing mattered. We often treated people as if they didn’t matter unless they could be of some use to us. We acted as if we didn’t need others because we had our alcohol or drugs. Slowly we were choking off happiness. We didn’t see that when we acted as if nothing mattered, we were calling ourselves nothing. Void of happiness, filled with doubts, fears, anger, and self-pity, we found our way into recovery.
From the first day we entered, people have been telling us that we matter, to keep coming back. Over time we found ourselves laughing with people instead of at people. We could see that things mattered and that we mattered. As we did this, we found happiness returning. We smiled more. We laughed more — even at ourselves. We discovered that the world needs us.
Prayer for the Day
Higher Power, fill me with happiness. Help me to smile, laugh, and see that I matter. Help me live a life of joy.
Today’s Action
Today I will try to see if I can make someone who is down smile and realize that he or she matters.
Hazelden Foundation
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