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Wed, Aug 29, 2007 06:21:15 AM
∞ true, i live and stay clean just for today. but i find that ∞
posted: Wed, Aug 29, 2007 06:21:15 AM
i can begin to set goals, dream dreams, and look ahead to the joys a life in recovery has to offer.
so here i sit, enjoying a cigar, in San Antonio, TX thinking about the day ahead. well actually i have been working, and smoking and just watching the day start. i have one more task to accomplish and then i can go off to have a day of vacation.
so this is one of the readings i have always liked. when i was young in recovery it spoke to me of the HOPE that someday i would be freed from my heinous past. even though i had yet to work the requisite steps that gave me that freedom, i still felt the HOPE that i, as empty and lonely as i was, could learn to live a life that looked forward instead of looking over my shoulder to see what was about to catch up and ding me. two and a half step cycles later, i can feel hopeful that even though i am living a program just for today, i can dream, set goals and see a brighter future.
it does not mean i can do this nonstop 24 hours a day, but for the most part i accept that my past is just that -- past!
and my computer saved my work and allowed me to finish this!
it is truly a good day.
anyhow looking forward, i have quite a day ahead of me. so the time has come to get started and stop working.
see you all at the kickoff at sunset station tonight, or perhaps in the merchandise room or the registration line!
TTFN
so here i sit, enjoying a cigar, in San Antonio, TX thinking about the day ahead. well actually i have been working, and smoking and just watching the day start. i have one more task to accomplish and then i can go off to have a day of vacation.
so this is one of the readings i have always liked. when i was young in recovery it spoke to me of the HOPE that someday i would be freed from my heinous past. even though i had yet to work the requisite steps that gave me that freedom, i still felt the HOPE that i, as empty and lonely as i was, could learn to live a life that looked forward instead of looking over my shoulder to see what was about to catch up and ding me. two and a half step cycles later, i can feel hopeful that even though i am living a program just for today, i can dream, set goals and see a brighter future.
it does not mean i can do this nonstop 24 hours a day, but for the most part i accept that my past is just that -- past!
and my computer saved my work and allowed me to finish this!
it is truly a good day.
anyhow looking forward, i have quite a day ahead of me. so the time has come to get started and stop working.
see you all at the kickoff at sunset station tonight, or perhaps in the merchandise room or the registration line!
TTFN
∞ DT ∞
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While the author is a member of a 12 Step recovery fellowship, these writings are not intended to endorse or express the published wisdom of any fellowship.
These writings are not meant to be socially or politically correct, and if you take issue with any opinions expressed, please seek the guidance of someone wiser than me.
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 1
3) (The Tao) produces (all things) and nourishes them; it produces
them and does not claim them as its own; it does all, and yet does
not boast of it; it presides over all, and yet does not control them.
This is what is called 'The mysterious Quality' (of the Tao).