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Sat, Nov 22, 2008 12:33:30 PM
μ as soon as i got clean than i begin putting other priorities ahead of my recovery. μ
posted: Sat, Nov 22, 2008 12:33:30 PM
careers, families, relationships -- all these are part of the life i find once i have laid the foundation of my recovery. i see it in others and i see it in myself. although it has been some time since i GOT clean, the creeping priorities of my sliding scale of time, jumps up and bites me in the a$$! okay, maybe it is not that bad, but i have a tendency to forget, that anything, and i mean ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING, i put in front of my recovery, i can expect to lose.
so for me this morning, this seemed to one of those preaching to the choir kind of readings, i could go on and on about how this is oh so applicable in my life, but i think that it is just best to say that my task today is to focus on what my priorities are, and sign-off and go back to work.
it is a good day to recover and remember what i need to put first!
so for me this morning, this seemed to one of those preaching to the choir kind of readings, i could go on and on about how this is oh so applicable in my life, but i think that it is just best to say that my task today is to focus on what my priorities are, and sign-off and go back to work.
it is a good day to recover and remember what i need to put first!
∞ DT ∞
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While the author is a member of a 12 Step recovery fellowship, these writings are not intended to endorse or express the published wisdom of any fellowship.
These writings are not meant to be socially or politically correct, and if you take issue with any opinions expressed, please seek the guidance of someone wiser than me.
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 2
1) What makes a great state is its being (like) a low-lying, down-
flowing (stream);--it becomes the centre to which tend (all the small
states) under heaven.