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Thu, Oct 28, 2004 05:21:26 AM
attitude check
posted: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 05:21:26 AM
this has always been one of the amazing parts of the program for me. when i first heard this, i wondered how it would ever be possible to change my attitude, i always believed that if i woke up in a crappy little mood i was doomed to be that way all day. the people i interacted with bore the brunt of my negativity and that was just the way it would be.
today i understand that bad attitudes are more like dirty diapers, i can sit and whine about them or i can change them. the idea of a spot inventory and starting my day over still fills me with awe and i often forget that i have these tools to "fix" my nasty self right now in this moment. what i generally find is that i am afraid of something and have decided that it not worth GOD's time to take care of. I even though i pay lip service to working steps 1, 2 and 3 on a daily basis the truth is that i rarely consciously work them and i have to be in a real spot to pull them out of the toolbox and use them.
today's reading was an excellent reminder that i am not doomed to be a nasty bastard all day, i can look at what is going on, admit my powerlessness and surrender my will and my life over to the care of GOD and move into better, more sane behavior.
-- DT --
today i understand that bad attitudes are more like dirty diapers, i can sit and whine about them or i can change them. the idea of a spot inventory and starting my day over still fills me with awe and i often forget that i have these tools to "fix" my nasty self right now in this moment. what i generally find is that i am afraid of something and have decided that it not worth GOD's time to take care of. I even though i pay lip service to working steps 1, 2 and 3 on a daily basis the truth is that i rarely consciously work them and i have to be in a real spot to pull them out of the toolbox and use them.
today's reading was an excellent reminder that i am not doomed to be a nasty bastard all day, i can look at what is going on, admit my powerlessness and surrender my will and my life over to the care of GOD and move into better, more sane behavior.
-- DT --
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 2
2) Therefore (to guard against this), the sage keeps the left-hand
portion of the record of the engagement, and does not insist on the
(speedy) fulfilment of it by the other party. (So), he who has the
attributes (of the Tao) regards (only) the conditions of the engagement,
while he who has not those attributes regards only the conditions
favourable to himself.