Responsibility is my word for the day. I have a responsibility today to represent the district which I serve. There is a service fair happening this afternoon, where the chairs of the central service committees, Public Information, Cooperation with the Professional Community, Corrections, Treatment, etc set up displays about what their committee does and obviously they try to get members interested in what they do maybe get some volunteers to help them out. It is my responsibility as District Committee Member (DCM) to show up, meet with them, let them know that the district supports them in what they are trying to do. I'm also chair of the midwinter roundup committee and I'd like to have them set up displays at our event in February so I'll be talking to them about that also.
One of things I need to always be aware of is the responsibility I have to those I am responsible to and whenever possible to honor that commitment. And hey, I baked cookies for the event. Technically, that wasn't something I was responsible to do. But, I did it anyway, because that's how I roll.
A good way to end a conversation is to start talking about service commitments and then suddenly everyone has something else they need to do right now, because they want to be a member but not that kind of member. I recall from my early days as Chair of the Public Information Committee that one of my responsibilities was to fight apathy within the fellowship, apathy in that context being defined as a lack of interest in service. Really, the only way to fight apathy is to become active in service and hope that others will see how your involvement in service is benefiting you and your recovery and that might enourage them to become involved. Leading by example as it were.
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