Today's Thought - May

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May 12

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.

Today's reading is from the book God Grant Me: More Daily Meditations from the Authors of Keep It Simple*