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MARCH 1

LOVE

RELATIONSHIPS

“Love, when truly felt and practiced, seldom brings our needs in conflict with the needs of our loved ones. In love, the importance of mutual needs is greater than individual needs. On the rare occasion when mutual and individual needs conflict, being loving requires that we put our loved one’s interests ahead of our own. In doing so, we find that our mutual good is far more important and fulfilling than our individual desires.”

Of Character: Building Assets in Recovery

Love is my quest for the best and highest good. The idea of putting another person’s needs ahead of my own may sound codependent. However, what I find during this surrender is that what I was holding onto and perceiving as my own need was not real. In surrendering to the need of another person I discover that acting on the spiritual principles of love and kindness does not put me in conflict with myself. I believe that the best and highest good for another person cannot possibly be harmful to me. My task in recovery is to discover that best and highest good. When there is conflict, there is a lack of understanding of what that good is.

Love is my quest, and seeking through prayer, meditation, and communication to discover, to reveal, and to act in the best and highest good for myself and others, transcending all conflict of needs, both real and perceived.