Today's Thought - March

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March 23

When we meet someone, we say, "Hello, cousin," or "Hello, Grandfather." And this is not merely symbolic, but a reminder that we have a family.

~Gene Thin Elk

In our need and enthusiasm for declaring loyalty to new supportive communities and families of our own choice, we may forget that we are part of the larger human family. This family includes children and old people. It includes those whose gender or sexual orientation differs from ours. It includes members of other groups that experience oppression, as well as people whose lives we consider privileged - those we assume have no experience of suffering comparable to our own. All are worthy of our compassion.

In recovery programs, we discover people who seem different from us but who share with us feelings and experiences common to those living with addiction. As we look around us and acknowledge a variety of other people, as we pray for the wellbeing of those whom we know and those whom we don't know, our spirits grow. Our narrow definitions of kin and community expand to include all members of the human family.

Today, I affirm with love my connection to the human family.

Today's reading is from the book Glad Day