The idea
What you've survived can become something you use to help someone else. Service shifts your attention outward and gives your pain a job.
Why it matters
When you help someone who is where you used to be, you see your own progress, and the loop loses some of its grip.
Try it today
This week, do one small act of service for someone who is struggling: a message, a check-in, a ride, or time.
Reflect
What have you been through that could help someone else right now?
For groups
- Who helped you when you were at your lowest? What did they do?
- What's one way this group can support each other this week?
A companion lesson to The Spark, for education only and not medical or mental-health treatment. In crisis in the US? Call or text 988.