Sharing our gratitude
“My gratitude speaks when I care and when I share with others the NA way.”
Gratitude Prayer
The longer we stay clean, the more we experience feelings of gratitude for our
recovery. These feelings of gratitude aren’t limited to particular gifts like new friends
or the ability to be employed. More frequently, they arise from the overall sense of
joy we feel in our new lives. These feelings are enhanced by the certainty of the
course our lives would have taken if it weren’t for the miracle we’ve experienced in
Narcotics Anonymous.
These feelings are so all-encompassing, so wondrous, and sometimes so
overwhelming that we often can’t find words for them. We sometimes openly weep
with happiness while sharing in a meeting, yet we grope for words to express what
we’re feeling. We want so badly to convey to newcomers the gratitude we feel, but it
seems that our language lacks the superlatives to describe it.
When we share with tears in our eyes, when we choke up and can’t talk at all-these
are the times when our gratitude speaks most clearly. We share our gratitude
directly from our hearts; with their hearts, others hear and understand. Our
gratitude speaks eloquently, though our words may not.
Just for today: My gratitude has a voice of its own; when it speaks, the heart
understands. Today, I will share my gratitude with others, whether I can find the
words or not.