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Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:37:20 AM
∞ life is a series of decisions, actions, and consequences. ∞
posted: Sat, Aug 23, 2008 11:37:20 AM
my faith gives me the courage and direction to make good decisions and the strength to act on them. decision-making and its consequences, how apt for this morning. for some reason, i have let go of my decision to have surgery, although this respite is probably temporary, i will go with the feeling that it is right thing to do, and that everything will come out okay.
do i have more faith or courage over the past twenty-four hours? maybe. what i can say, is that when i woke up this morning it just felt right, how that came to be is a gift horse, that i choose to accept without looking into its mouth. yes it may be full of Greeks waiting to jump out and ambush me. be that as it may, accepting that decision means that i have a bunch of projects to complete over the next ten days or so, and that means working this weekend and next.
anyhow, these days, i am coming to accept that possibly i have grown an intuition that is spiritually based rather than addiction based, and that i can make good decision on a more consistent manner then ever before. so it is off to clean off my desk and get the stuff accomplished that has been languishing for quite a bit of time.
TATA FOR NOW!
do i have more faith or courage over the past twenty-four hours? maybe. what i can say, is that when i woke up this morning it just felt right, how that came to be is a gift horse, that i choose to accept without looking into its mouth. yes it may be full of Greeks waiting to jump out and ambush me. be that as it may, accepting that decision means that i have a bunch of projects to complete over the next ten days or so, and that means working this weekend and next.
anyhow, these days, i am coming to accept that possibly i have grown an intuition that is spiritually based rather than addiction based, and that i can make good decision on a more consistent manner then ever before. so it is off to clean off my desk and get the stuff accomplished that has been languishing for quite a bit of time.
TATA FOR NOW!
∞ DT ∞
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 1
2) So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to
(the idea of) the other; that difficulty and ease produce the one
(the idea of) the other; that length and shortness fashion out the
one the figure of the other; that (the ideas of) height and lowness
arise from the contrast of the one with the other; that the musical
notes and tones become harmonious through the relation of one with
another; and that being before and behind give the idea of one following
another.