Today's Thought - April

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April 15

You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.

~Booker T. Washington

It seems that when we're not feeling good about ourselves, we're more prone to gossip about others or criticize even our dearest friends.

Or some days we may think we're in a pretty good place, and suddenly we begin taking someone else's inventory. We then discover that the ground under us has moved; we're no longer in a good place. Criticism breeds personal discontent. Our negative attitude toward ourselves or others multiplies and soon touches everyone we're in contact with.

Fortunately, acts of love also multiply. We can inspire at least two people right now through a loving deed or thought - ourselves and the nearest friend. More importantly, any act of genuine kindness is guaranteed to create a ripple of kindness that will finally reach the other side of town, maybe even the far side of the universe.

I will do my part today to spread love to the far reaches of the world.

Today's reading is from the book In God's Care: Daily Meditations on Spirituality in Recovery*