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ฮด each time i **act as if,** in a situation that was once unacceptable to me, ฮด

Posted: Wed, Apr 16, 2008 08:36:38 AM

i am being brought closer to becoming the person i was meant to be. i am living myself into right thinking. this is one of those things that i have come to accept on FAITH. yes i know, i am not one of those who walk around in a state of FAITH, and yet here was something that worked from the start. when i acted as if i did not want to use, even though i was suffering from teeth-grinding, jaw-clenching jones, i came to a place where i no longer had the desire to use. one may speculate as to the cause and effect, and one would be correct in doing so. was it that i worked some steps and did not use, or was it because i came to accept that the cravings were there and each time i ignored them they diminished in power until they eventually left me. this morning, on my fifty-first birthday i am beginning to dismiss the need, at least in this respect, to figure every little thing out, and just accept that although i have some of the answers,i do not have them all, nor, and this is the amazing part, do i need to seek them. what i am feeling this morning, is that the answers i do get today, will be the ones that i need, and to twist and turn about those that i do not get, is hardly a productive use of my time and energy. hey, i am already acting **as if**!
well, i obsession this morning with a purchase of a new toy, just got rudely interrupted, so i will act **as if**, i really do not need to buy that right now, and move into this day. gots lots to do, and i will do what i can to get it done today, after all, today i choose to live **as if** i was a normal person who chooses not to use, although i know that is not the case.

∞ DT ∞


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Tao Te Ching

☯ 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) When gold and jade fill the hall, their possessor cannot keep them
safe. When wealth and honours lead to arrogancy, this brings its evil
on itself. When the work is done, and one's name is becoming distinguished,
to withdraw into obscurity is the way of Heaven.