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โ†” service work and motives โ†”

Posted: Fri, Dec 17, 2004 05:50:25 AM

when i started service work representing my group at the area level i had six months clean and was hardly ready to serve at that level. not only did i not know a tradition if i tripped over it , and motives were something criminal lawyers and prosecutors talked about in court.
over the course of my recovery, my motives have mixed at best. prestige, recognition, avoidance of my step work, avoidance of forming a relationship and acceptance just scratch the surface, but i served to the best of my ability and did very little long-lasting harm, THANK GOD!
today i can honestly state that me motives for service are to carry the message to the addict who still suffers and to serve the fellowship that allowed me to be reborn into this world. i carefully consider accepting new service positions and move on allowing those who need the opportunity to feel and learn what i have. and no matter what the position is coffee maker for my home group or representing my region at world, i carry that passion through and do my best today to live up to the responsibilities entrusted to me. i value the opportunity to serve and as i grow i am sure i will discover within me whatever i need to serve selflessly and passionately, the fellowship that allows me to become who i will become.
∞ DT ∞

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Tao Te Ching

☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯

The Tao Teh King, or The Tao and Its Characteristics
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge

Book 2

3) Therefore a sage has said, 'I will do nothing (of purpose), and
the people will be transformed of themselves; I will be fond of keeping
still, and the people will of themselves become correct. I will take
no trouble about it, and the people will of themselves become rich;
I will manifest no ambition, and the people will of themselves attain
to the primitive simplicity.'