Blog summary by Month
Blogs for June 2008:
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δ very few of us arrive in this fellowship brimming with willingness. δ 286 words
➥ Sunday June 01, 2008 by: donnot
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∞ something is not working, in fact, something has been wrong for a long time … 447 words
➥ Monday June 02, 2008 by: donnot
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δ my experience tells me to follow up direct amends … 248 words
➥ Tuesday June 03, 2008 by: donnot
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μ how, then, do i deal with my negative sense of self? μ 597 words
➥ Wednesday June 04, 2008 by: donnot
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↔ how can i begin to be more truthful? i may find it the easiest to be honest … 561 words
➥ Thursday June 05, 2008 by: donnot
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μ after some time in recovery, i may find i am faced with what seems like … 571 words
➥ Friday June 06, 2008 by: donnot
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α i did not arrive in this fellowship and automatically stay clean. ω 510 words
➥ Saturday June 07, 2008 by: donnot
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↔ there are not any rules that say i have to … 616 words
➥ Sunday June 08, 2008 by: donnot
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∞ anything i ever wanted for myself was cast away in my pursuit of the next high. ∞ 431 words
➥ Monday June 09, 2008 by: donnot
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μ as i examine my beliefs, my actions, and my motives in recovery, i find that sometimes i do things for the wrong reasons. μ 563 words
➥ Tuesday June 10, 2008 by: donnot
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∞ when i practice the principles of my program in all my affairs, i have no reason to feel … 378 words
➥ Wednesday June 11, 2008 by: donnot
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α what an inspiration it was, then, coming to my first meeting … 251 words
➥ Thursday June 12, 2008 by: donnot
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… i may be complaining about the miracle of the life that is mine today. however, … 391 words
➥ Friday June 13, 2008 by: donnot
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∞ major setbacks in my life and the insecurity such events may give rise to … 275 words
➥ Saturday June 14, 2008 by: donnot
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μ i have often heard it said that μ 435 words
➥ Sunday June 15, 2008 by: donnot
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δ it is relatively easy to accept the things i like; it is the things i do not like that are hard to accept. Δ 369 words
➥ Monday June 16, 2008 by: donnot
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α the freedom i have found has been worth the risk involved. ω 286 words
➥ Tuesday June 17, 2008 by: donnot
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↔ when i used, i allowed nothing to stand in the way of that next high. as a result … 469 words
➥ Wednesday June 18, 2008 by: donnot
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∞ even if i am deeply troubled, the joy that often fills the meeting rooms allows me … 322 words
➥ Thursday June 19, 2008 by: donnot
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∞ i sit each morning, still my thoughts, and **listen.** 488 words
➥ Friday June 20, 2008 by: donnot
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∞ in my addiction, i created a storm of self-deception and rationalization ∞ 160 words
➥ Saturday June 21, 2008 by: donnot
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μ drugs buffered me from the full force of life; when i stopped using and entered recovery, i found myself confronted directly … 566 words
➥ Sunday June 22, 2008 by: donnot
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↔ as i recover, new opportunities to surrender present themselves. i can … 268 words
➥ Monday June 23, 2008 by: donnot
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∞ sometimes it is hard to accept the character defects of others. ∞ 422 words
➥ Tuesday June 24, 2008 by: donnot
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∞ coming to believe is a process that stems from personal experience. ∞ 555 words
➥ Wednesday June 25, 2008 by: donnot
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μ when driven primarily by self-will, i constantly wondered whether i had covered all the bases μ 429 words
➥ Thursday June 26, 2008 by: donnot
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α the more i learn to greet change with an open mind and heart, ω 444 words
➥ Friday June 27, 2008 by: donnot
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↔ it is often tempting to think that i know what is best for the group. ↔ 447 words
➥ Saturday June 28, 2008 by: donnot
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μ though i may practice my program somewhat differently with ten years clean than with ten months … 625 words
➥ Sunday June 29, 2008 by: donnot
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μ as i stayed clean and my lifestyle changed, my priorities also changed. μ 765 words
➥ Monday June 30, 2008 by: donnot
☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 2
1) He who knows (the Tao) does not (care to) speak (about it); he
who is (ever ready to) speak about it does not know it.