I find my greatest effort is to get the focus off of me and onto others. If I am doing my utmost to be of service to others, I am in a relationship with my God. I don’t have to look anymore!

I watch my sponsor and see him light up when he is working with a guy, pulling his wall of defenses down so that he can show him how to build a better foundation on the Steps. He really shines at this service. He will even go out of the way to hold a door for someone.

It is good to get out of my head and focus on serving others. It is good to serve and not resent having to do it, not wonder how I will get some advantage because of it. I look for a way to be of service to them so that they can be successful.

At work, I feel close with my Creator when I am helping my fellow workers learn to be successful, letting them do it themselves. It is hard, because they may not do it exactly as I tell them. I have to pull back, let them try, and watch them be successful. Their success is very rewarding.

That is why I go looking for doors to open even for someone who is able-bodied and a good twenty steps behind me, because that is what my sponsor and his sponsor do. We look for opportunities to serve.