BY SHIFTING OUR FOCUS FROM SELF TO SERVICE -
"By shifting our focus away from the objectionable behavior and looking more deeply, we recognize a part of every human being that remains untouched by disease, the part of each of us that deserves unconditional love and respect ... ." (How Al-Anon Works, p. 86)
AND BY LETTING LOVE TAKE ROOT AND FLOW -
"By giving unconditional love in the fellowship, we become more loving, and by sharing spiritual growth we become more spiritual." "Words cannot describe the sense of spiritual awareness that we receive when we have given something, no matter how small, to another person." (NA, The Basic Text, p. 82)
"From
a small seed,
a mighty trunk
may grow."
- Aeschylus (525 BC - 426 BC) Greek poet & Veteran of the Greco-Persian Wars
*HP - Higher Power - any power greater than oneself. Like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.
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