Intentions Shape Attitudes: Our Common Welfare Comes First

Someone recently shared how frustrated they were with coworkers, and it took me right back. Work sometimes felt like a pressure cooker where everyone was trying to protect and meet their own goals, making resentments easy. Even though I usually got along with people, there was always that one person who consumed me with frustration. To manage the building resentment, I’d write their name down and stick it in my God box. Eventually they would move on to another company, and within months a new face took on that character’s role in my workday. Looking back, that should’ve shown me the issue wasn’t them. It was the nature of the environment and how I responded to it.

A literature reading today reminded me that after working the 12 steps, we’re encouraged to work the traditions too. I never thought about applying them beyond my sobriety. But at closer examination Tradition One, “Our common welfare should come first”, made sense. That mindset belongs in every group I’m part of, including family, friends, work, and support groups. Heck, it applies here on Facebook too, doesn’t it? 

When I show up with the intention to contribute and connect instead of protect and defend, it shifts my attitude. Even pausing to really listen when I ask someone how they’re doing creates connection. Intentions shape attitudes. And when I lead with good intentions, the peace I’m looking for usually finds me.

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