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Wed, Dec 10, 2008 11:03:24 AM
∞ i have often heard it said in meetings that i should, ∞
posted: Wed, Dec 10, 2008 11:03:24 AM
**stick with the winners.** who are these winners in the fellowship? well, based on how klutzy i have been up to now, i would have to say that i am probably not one of those. BUT it is a good thing that the definition of winners, presented in the reading this morning, said nothing about being coordinated. to qualify as a winner , at least in my own head, would mean that i would have to accept that i am human, and as a result there will be times, where grace is not part of my day, then clean-up the major messes i have made, and move on to do my level best to put the immediate past behind me, and take precautions based on my level of hand to eye coordination.
so with that in mind, i am moving into my day, trying to get some work accomplished and not break anything else. this i can do with just a bit of effort and concentration.
more on topic, however, is the list of what makes a winner, and if i measured myself against that on a daily basis, i would probably have to break down and just scream. the reading does provide a nice out, all i have to do, is keep those values and traits in mind and live up to them, to the best of my ability in the here and now. so with that, i guess i am a winner, klutzy, yes, a little stressed yes, but a winner nevertheless and it is time to get cranking on doing some work.
so with that in mind, i am moving into my day, trying to get some work accomplished and not break anything else. this i can do with just a bit of effort and concentration.
more on topic, however, is the list of what makes a winner, and if i measured myself against that on a daily basis, i would probably have to break down and just scream. the reading does provide a nice out, all i have to do, is keep those values and traits in mind and live up to them, to the best of my ability in the here and now. so with that, i guess i am a winner, klutzy, yes, a little stressed yes, but a winner nevertheless and it is time to get cranking on doing some work.
∞ 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.
Another Look!
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μ winners are easily identified, winners work an active program of recovery, … 482 words ➥ Monday, December 10, 2007 by: donnot
¦ who are the winners in the fellowship? ¦ 469 words ➥ Thursday, December 10, 2009 by: donnot
∴ as i started to imitate some of the things the winners were doing … 889 words ➥ Friday, December 10, 2010 by: donnot
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∑ if i am clean today and working a program of recovery ∑ 689 words ➥ Monday, December 10, 2012 by: donnot
± when i feel like a winner i know in my heart, ± 538 words ➥ Tuesday, December 10, 2013 by: donnot
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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) Therefore the sage holds in his embrace the one thing (of humility),
and manifests it to all the world. He is free from self- display,
and therefore he shines; from self-assertion, and therefore he is
distinguished; from self-boasting, and therefore his merit is acknowledged;
from self-complacency, and therefore he acquires superiority. It is
because he is thus free from striving that therefore no one in the
world is able to strive with him.