For Today: September 2nd

Noble be man,

Helpful and good!
For that alone

Sets him apart

From every other creature

On earth.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One person helping another is a practice as old as humanity.  Help is not telling another what to do, or even suggesting it.  Help is being there for someone to share experience, to lend support, to do what needs to be done when a friend’s burden becomes crippling.  I need the awareness to keep my ego, my advice, my good intentions out of another’s life, even though they appear in the guise of help.  If I want to help others develop their own strengths and realize their full potential, I cannot do it by telling them what to do.

For Today:  I am an instrument of my Higher Power.  I carry the message, but I do not interfere with it.

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In OA, we share our experience, strength & hope.  Sometimes, the best thing we can do for one another is to just listen.........give no advice, no guidance............nothing but an ear.

For today, I pray for the ability to Listen without saying anything at all!