Value the Worth of the Message

​I have spoken before crowds of hundreds, but since my spiritual path has changed, the crowds I speak to now often number one or two—and sometimes no one shows up. It discourages me at times, but I keep remembering the wisdom of Step Thirteen of Religious Recovery that states in part: “We follow the principle that when the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” I try to look past the discouragement to the day when the crowds will show up, perhaps not to hear me speak, but perhaps to hear someone who follows me, or who walks beside me, or who came before me. The message is what is important. As a messenger, we learn to accept the people who we help without counting the size of the crowd.