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a new reality

Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 05:08:45 AM

well the new reality for me today means dealing with the fact that i am not the one to give up 60% of my liver to a close friend. i have yet to totally sort out my feelings about being disqualified as the donor but i do know that if i use the tools of this program and allow myself the chance to feel they will sort themselves out.
i would love to say that i always live in the here and now, not agonizing or glorifying my past nor fantasizing about my future. the truth is that i still engage in these flights of fancy from time to time. these trips out of reality usually come when i am dissatisfied or afraid of what is happening in the here and now. through the process of recovery i have a bit of self-understanding these days and i can see these for what they are:
RUNNING AWAY!
i may not always like what i find when i live in the moment, but if i use the tools i can handle, tolerate and learn to accept the situation for what it is
·LIFE ON LIFE'S TERMS!
--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 2

1) What (Tao's) skilful planter plants
Can never be uptorn;
What his skilful arms enfold,
From him can ne'er be borne.
Sons shall bring in lengthening line,
Sacrifices to his shrine.