I attended a 12-step meeting this morning. The topic was “gratitude.”
A woman shared her gratitude for this particular meeting and the things she learned from people in the meeting. She told how things she learned along the way helped her this past week with some news she received.
On Thursday, she found out she has breast cancer.
“The first thing I did was write out a gratitude list. That, I learned from K.”
“The second thing I did was recite the Serenity Prayer like we do at every meeting. It meant a little more to me that afternoon – particularly the part about accepting the things I can not change.”
“Then I applied steps 1, 2 and 3. I’ve learned that from T. and G. and others here in the room as they went through major events in their life. I felt a peace, knowing that my Higher Power was with me and would be with me throughout this.”
At the end of the meeting when we celebrated birthdays, she picked up her 23-year token.
This is a simple program.
End of lesson.
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