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Remember Mindfulness – breathe deeply

Happiness in recovery

Man hands on misery to man are the famous words
of poet Philip Larkin. If man could just learn to
hand on happiness instead, how much pleasanter
everything would be. We should not think it
impossible. Some people do just that. They are the
people for whom, when someone mentions their
name, everybody smiles because they
subconsciously remember something nice about
them. It says a lot about the state of the world that
so many of us need to learn how to find happiness
because our default state seems to be quiet
desperation. But that should not stop us for seeking.
Do I consider happiness a reasonable aspiration, the
legitimate result of a life well lived?

Happiness is not a goal in itself – it is the by-product
of actions and attitudes that are spiritually and
morally valid. The Big Book tells us that, if we live
according to spiritual principles and apply
ourselves to the programme, we will know a new
freedom and a new happiness. We can see this for
ourselves in the faces of our friends in recovery and
in the faces of loved ones. Today I ask God for
patience to wait for the gift of happiness.