{"id":2125,"date":"2020-12-01T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T04:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/?p=2125"},"modified":"2021-01-05T16:40:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T20:40:12","slug":"altruism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/altruism\/","title":{"rendered":"Altruism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to Merriam Webster, this is defined to be a\u00a0belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others; opposed to egoism; willingness to do things that bring advantages to others, even if it results in disadvantage for yourself.\u00a0 Here are some examples:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Some may choose to work with vulnerable elderly people out of altruism&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An altruistic firefighter risks his life to save another&#8217;s life&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ever since I became an active member of Alcoholics Anonymous, drank the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kool-Aid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kool-Aid<\/a> and starting doing Service Work, I have learned by experience that the more you give, the more you receive!\u00a0 That is a fact.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, I also firmly believe I could NEVER fully refund what AA and SA has given me.\u00a0 In other words, if I got what I truly deserved, I would be dead.\u00a0 I was a terrible, awful man who caused a lot of havoc in other people&#8217;s lives for over 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>Since I have come into recovery, I sincerely hope that I am much more <a href=\"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/happy_destiny.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2126\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2126 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/happy_destiny.png\" alt=\"happy_destiny\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a>apart of the solution than part of the problem today.\u00a0 Some days are obviously better than others and I am not ALWAYS sick (DIS-EASE) for more than 24 hours, 1 full week or 1 full month.\u00a0 I have a conscience that tells me, &#8220;this does not feel right. this is wrong. stop. behave.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/12stepfamily.com\/2010\/08\/08\/trudging-the-road-to-happy-destiny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Quick to Listen<\/h2>\n<p>We all want to be right, especially in the heat of an argument. But instead of settling for being right, what if we tried to make things right?\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/yourmove.is\/episode\/quick-to-listen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/myandmybigmouth.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2561\" src=\"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/myandmybigmouth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/yourmove.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2562\" src=\"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/yourmove-1024x514.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/yourmove-1024x514.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/yourmove-640x321.jpg 640w, http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/yourmove-768x385.jpg 768w, http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/yourmove.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Merriam Webster, this is defined to be a\u00a0belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others; opposed to egoism; willingness to do things that bring advantages to others, even if it results in disadvantage for yourself.\u00a0 Here are &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/altruism\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Altruism<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":2816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2125"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2563,"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125\/revisions\/2563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}