Blog summary by Month
Blogs for August 2008:
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Ψ somewhere along the way, i discover who i really am Ψ 418 words
➥ Friday August 01, 2008 by: donnot
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∞ learning to be honest is not always easy … 412 words
➥ Saturday August 02, 2008 by: donnot
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· trusting people is a risk. human beings are notoriously forgetful, unreliable, and imperfect · 501 words
➥ Sunday August 03, 2008 by: donnot
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∞ when i admit my powerlessness and seek help from others … 374 words
➥ Monday August 04, 2008 by: donnot
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α addiction shaped my thoughts in its own way, they became misshapen once … 470 words
➥ Tuesday August 05, 2008 by: donnot
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∞ where, then, can true joy be found? 603 words
➥ Wednesday August 06, 2008 by: donnot
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α i am sure to find that i have literally hundreds of things … 372 words
➥ Thursday August 07, 2008 by: donnot
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∞ me, well accustomed to leaving my personal responsibilities to others … 539 words
➥ Friday August 08, 2008 by: donnot
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↔ today, i am grateful to have survived long enough to become … 462 words
➥ Saturday August 09, 2008 by: donnot
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α my first contact with a Higher Power, has grown into a life full of freedom. Ω 372 words
➥ Sunday August 10, 2008 by: donnot
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μ through active listening, i receive everything being offered to me from the fellowship, μ 333 words
➥ Monday August 11, 2008 by: donnot
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α do i believe in my heart that i am an addict? if the answer to this question leads me to the doors … 590 words
➥ Tuesday August 12, 2008 by: donnot
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δ i have had and still have one or two exceptionally difficult people in my life Δ 421 words
➥ Wednesday August 13, 2008 by: donnot
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↔ i came to the program with a multitude of self-imposed limitations that prevented me … 498 words
➥ Thursday August 14, 2008 by: donnot
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ψ i expect my physical problems to be corrected, my thinking to become rational … 470 words
➥ Friday August 15, 2008 by: donnot
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∞ my only option is to actively participate in my program of spiritual growth. ∞ 534 words
➥ Saturday August 16, 2008 by: donnot
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↔ truth connects me to life while fear, isolation, and dishonesty alienate me from it. ↔ 430 words
➥ Sunday August 17, 2008 by: donnot
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α can i live and enjoy life without effective treatment for my addiction? No! ω 453 words
➥ Monday August 18, 2008 by: donnot
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μ it has been said that recovery is simple -- all i have got to change is everything! μ 409 words
➥ Tuesday August 19, 2008 by: donnot
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α i can re-evaluate my priorities, appreciating the loved ones that are still part of my life ω 245 words
➥ Wednesday August 20, 2008 by: donnot
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δ i arrived in recovery without the slightest understanding … 395 words
➥ Thursday August 21, 2008 by: donnot
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↔ i will find that i do some things better than others, ↔ 431 words
➥ Friday August 22, 2008 by: donnot
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∞ life is a series of decisions, actions, and consequences. ∞ 241 words
➥ Saturday August 23, 2008 by: donnot
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μ in recovery, i learn acceptance. μ 498 words
➥ Sunday August 24, 2008 by: donnot
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… i have the opportunity to make amends -- to acquire … 495 words
➥ Monday August 25, 2008 by: donnot
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μ a daily Tenth Step keeps me on a sound spiritual footing μ 516 words
➥ Tuesday August 26, 2008 by: donnot
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∞ choosing recovery means choosing life. ∞ 597 words
➥ Wednesday August 27, 2008 by: donnot
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μ when i share my secret self in confidence with at least one human being … 179 words
➥ Thursday August 28, 2008 by: donnot
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Δ i came to this fellowship full of regrets about my past. δ 459 words
➥ Friday August 29, 2008 by: donnot
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∞ the way i treat others often reveals my own spiritual state of being ∞ 471 words
➥ Saturday August 30, 2008 by: donnot
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α the program has given me more freedom than i ever dreamed possible. δ 539 words
➥ Sunday August 31, 2008 by: donnot
☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 1
2) What is meant by speaking thus of favour and disgrace? Disgrace
is being in a low position (after the enjoyment of favour). The getting
that (favour) leads to the apprehension (of losing it), and the losing
it leads to the fear of (still greater calamity):--this is what is
meant by saying that favour and disgrace would seem equally to be
feared. And what is meant by saying that honour and great calamity
are to be (similarly) regarded as personal conditions? What makes
me liable to great calamity is my having the body (which I call myself);
if I had not the body, what great calamity could come to me?