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Thu, Oct 22, 2015 08:48:23 AM


⇔ look who*s talking ⇔
posted: Thu, Oct 22, 2015 08:48:23 AM

 

take two!
well i have not been the most apt at writing this as i sit here at work getting the problems roll through my headphones. so instead of doing the whole tap dance i will say this: addiction is a part of me. i do not refer to it as an third person or disease anymore. for me, addiction is just another filter through how i see the world, with that caveat in mind i can start down the same path, that my disease is talking to me and in my own voice.
addiction sucks. it takes what may only be a small affront and blows it up into a major injury. slow and discourteous drivers, they are hindering my progress, and the litany of evil could go on and on.
what i want to end up with, is that the only thing keeping me from becoming the modern version of Shiva, world destroyer, is a program of active recovery. the steps and the spiritual principles are the foil to addiction and for that i am grateful. anyhow the time has come to shower off and head on down to work. it has been once again one of those mornings, but i am grateful it is not my problem.

∞ DT ∞

 

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Another Look!

the voice of addiction 316 words ➥ Friday, October 22, 2004 by: donnot
↔ the program provides me with many voices that counter my addiction, voices i can trust ↔ 439 words ➥ Sunday, October 22, 2006 by: donnot
∞ my disease gives me warped information about what is going on in my life. ∞ 305 words ➥ Monday, October 22, 2007 by: donnot
↔ some may say, **my disease is talking to me.** ↔ 380 words ➥ Wednesday, October 22, 2008 by: donnot
∠ sometimes my addiction tells me i am not responsible for myself and my actions ∠ 584 words ➥ Thursday, October 22, 2009 by: donnot
†  addiction is so cunning that it can † 745 words ➥ Friday, October 22, 2010 by: donnot
≡  the ultimate solution, to counter the part of me i call addiction ≡  335 words ➥ Saturday, October 22, 2011 by: donnot
> the part of me i call addiction, < 483 words ➥ Monday, October 22, 2012 by: donnot
× i will dismiss the **voice** of addiction × 704 words ➥ Tuesday, October 22, 2013 by: donnot
≈ the part of me i call addiction ≈ 667 words ➥ Wednesday, October 22, 2014 by: donnot
≕ the committee  ≔ 865 words ➥ Saturday, October 22, 2016 by: donnot
🙶 the voice 🙷 667 words ➥ Sunday, October 22, 2017 by: donnot
👄 doing my best 👂 571 words ➥ Monday, October 22, 2018 by: donnot
🎤 impossible situations 💬 631 words ➥ Tuesday, October 22, 2019 by: donnot
🕱 an incurable malady 🕱 605 words ➥ Thursday, October 22, 2020 by: donnot
🗬 warped information 🗫 465 words ➥ Friday, October 22, 2021 by: donnot
🤕 my sense 🤯 369 words ➥ Saturday, October 22, 2022 by: donnot
😶 finding humility 😒 381 words ➥ Sunday, October 22, 2023 by: donnot
😏 knowing when 😎 482 words ➥ Tuesday, October 22, 2024 by: donnot
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯

THE TAO TEH KING, OR THE TAO AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge

Book 1

2) May not the space between heaven and earth be compared to a bellows?

'Tis emptied, yet it loses not its power;
'Tis moved again, and sends forth air the more.
Much speech to swift exhaustion lead we see;
Your inner being guard, and keep it free.