Tafakari ya Kitabu cha Kijivu
The full fruit of a labor of love lives in the harvest, and that always comes in its right season
Gray Book, p. 1 (Forward)
We reap what we SOW. In active addiction, we worked tirelessly to use and find the ways and means to continue using.
What we got was not so rewarding. The results were disastrous for us and others. We were harvesting rotten fruits, if any because it wasn't created or planted with Love. In Narcotics Anonymous, we learn that the Process of Recovery takes a lot of work, a lot of digging, a lot of turning over of old soil.
The Gray Book states, "A meeting is like a fence around our clean time. " We do not only have to achieve Complete and Total Abstinence, but we also have to attend N.A. meetings. Recovery is what happens at our Meetings. Members that Live a Narcotics Anonymous Program carry the Message; newer Members listen to the Message.
When the newcomers start Living N.A. Spiritual Principles, they too can carry a Message of N.A. We're planting new seeds, seeds of Love, Compassion, Empathy and Patience. As a result of Those Steps we Practice These Principles.
A lot of hard work is still ahead of us, Amending the wreckage of our past. Our transformation is always in process.
We start to experience new feelings of Self-worth. We start to show Empathy towards others, and we start to Grow Spiritually. With the Help of our Higher Power, Sponsors and the Fellowship of N.A.
We did the work; we did it with Love. We finally took Responsibility for our Lives, now we're reaping the rewards.
The right season is now upon us. Recovery happens overtime not overnight. We Harvest the Fruits and Share with others this Precious Gift. We Help and show others how to SOW and reap the Benefits when we do God's will.
In This Moment: We will reap the Fruits of our Labor of Love. We will give time, time. The full Harvest comes in its right season.