~ GRATITUDE ~
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Thankfulness is the beginning of
gratitude. Gratitude is the completion
of thankfulness. Thankfulness may
consist merely of words. Gratitude is
shown in acts.
David O. McKay
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All the good I have ever been given in
life, both before recovery and in
recovery, has come from God. Even the
ability to learn lessons from the bad
has been one of His many gifts to me. I
make gratitude lists and offer prayers
of thanksgiving, but that is only the
beginning. I only express true gratitude
by sharing with others. I share it as
experience, strength and hope at
meetings. I share it by reaching out my
hand to the compulsive overeater behind
me and sponsoring them or befriending
them. I share it by living a life that
shows evidence of the realization of all
that God has given me. I can only truly
express my gratitude through action.
ONE DAY AT A TIME . . .
I will show my true gratitude by giving
away to others what God has so freely
given to me.