Hi please read if you want to !!!Something I read today that may be helpful to self critical addicts !!
"""Recognizing Our Own Greatness and The Greatness In Others"""
A person who is said to possess greatness stands apart from others in some way, usually by the size or originality of their vision and their ability to manifest that vision. And yet those who recognize that greatness, whether they display it themselves or not, also have greatness within them; otherwise, they could not see it in another. In many ways, the achievements of one person always belong to many people for we accomplish nothing alone in this world. People who display greatness rely upon others who are able to see as they do, to listen, encourage, and support. Without those people who recognize greatness and move in to support it, even the greatest ideas, works of art, and political movements would remain unborn.
We are all moved by greatness when we see it, and although the experience is to some degree subjective, we know the feeling of it. When we encounter it, it is as if something in us stirs, awakens, and comes forth to meet what was inside us all along. When we respond to someone elses greatness, we feed our own. We may feel called to dedicate ourselves to their vision, or we may be inspired to follow a path we forge ourselves. Either way, we cannot lose when we recognize that the greatness we see in others belongs also to us. Our recognition of this is a call to action that, if heeded, will inspire others to see in us the greatness they also possess. This creates a chain reaction of greatness unfolding itself endlessly into the future.
Ultimately, greatness is simply the best of what humanity has to offer. Greatness does what has not been done before and inspires the same courage that it requires. When we see it in others, we know it, and when we trust its presence in ourselves, we embody it !!!
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Raman an addict clean and serene just for today in NA Worldwide ; live to love and love to live the NA Way !!!
Thanks Raman this gives me hope my new girlfriend sees greatness in me which tells me what a great person she is :) of course I don't recognize it in myself, I'm just doing what I feel I need to get done , making the motions taking th steps towards betterment.
It helps to have someone recognizing our accomplishments, we have to strive for more then sobriety, we strive for recovery over a lot of different things and it's a difficult and tedious task at times and it can also be disconcerting at times, we need that positive push to go foreward #1 from within ourselves and #2 outside influences.
Greatness? That is new word for myself during the past 4 years. The statement does give me hope that I will be able to feel like a great person again. Great share, thanks again.
In Recovery, Kenh
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God is the only one you can depend on in recovery.
The character of greatness can express itself in two ways. First, what comes to mind first is one's ability to succeed in times of trial. But of no less importance, and perhaps foundational to any form of greatness, is one's willingness to start over in spite of failure, when success seems farthest away.
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"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
