Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Planting Seeds
Being a leader in the military is a lot like being a sponsor. If you take that responsibility to heart, you’re helping people every day. It’s not just with alcoholism — it’s helping them to be a better person, worker, air traffic controller, parent, father, mother, whatever it is that you’re helping them with.
If you’re truly being a leader, it’s rewarding. You invest in people. You don’t do it for you; you do it for them. You’re planting seeds. I planted a lot of seeds in my life, my career.
It’s not often that you talk about your accomplishments in recovery, and they’re so intertwined with the accomplishments of your profession. When you combine the two, they go hand in hand.
A rewarding role in leadership is rooted in recovery.
— Joe H., U.S. Navy, 1988–2015
Hazelden Foundation
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