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ฮฑ i can re-evaluate my priorities, appreciating the loved ones that are still part of my life ฯ‰

Posted: Wed, Aug 20, 2008 11:12:33 AM

i want to make the most of what is most important while it lasts. death in recovery, even death of a loved one is not a new thing for me to handle. i have been dealing with it since i was 45 days clean, and each time it happens, the first thought that pops into my mind is this is far to painful for me to deal with. that leads to well if i cannot deal with it, a vacation from reality may just do the trick. however, then the part of me that cherishes my recovery kicks in and i go to a meeting, make that phone call and reinforce my decision to not use no matter what.
living just for today, i forget the pain as i move through it, i forget that i cannot deal with these kinds of issues by myself and most importantly i take for granted that those who i love will always be there, disregarding the basic facts of life, that humans sicken and die.
so i do not have a bunch to write except to say that i am grateful for everyone that i have in my life today! and if i have not told you that i love you recently -- well i do love each and every one of you and will say it to you directly the next time we speak.

∞ 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

3) Thus it is that dignity finds its (firm) root in its (previous)
meanness, and what is lofty finds its stability in the lowness (from
which it rises). Hence princes and kings call themselves 'Orphans,'
'Men of small virtue,' and as 'Carriages without a nave.' Is not this
an acknowledgment that in their considering themselves mean they see
the foundation of their dignity? So it is that in the enumeration
of the different parts of a carriage we do not come on what makes
it answer the ends of a carriage. They do not wish to show themselves
elegant-looking as jade, but (prefer) to be coarse-looking as an (ordinary)
stone.