Friday, May 24, 2024

Today's Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:

Giving with Humility

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good act in secret and have it found out by accident.

-- Anonymous

There is one bit of advice that is given in many ways to those of us in recovery. That advice is that we should give to others without looking for any credit for our generosity. To give something for the sheer joy of giving is the strongest step we can take in achieving the humility that is so vital to us. Humility is essential to our spiritual progress, and our spiritual progress is a necessary part of our recovery.

The encouragement to serve without seeking praise comes to us in many forms and from many places. Ancient wisdom advises us not to let our right hand know what our left hand is doing, and not to "sound a trumpet" to announce a good deed.

Let me learn to give without seeking credit. This is a humble act. It will result in the uplifting reward of humility, which is vital to my spiritual growth.

Hazelden Foundation

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