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Fri, Dec 3, 2004 06:04:56 AM
potential and possibilities ∞
posted: Fri, Dec 3, 2004 06:04:56 AM
there was once a time when i accepted that i would use until the day i died, in fact i saw myself as a little old man sitting out on the porch of an old folks home getting high.
then there was i a time when i accepted that i could not get high but i imagined myself being boring, lonely, glum and hopeless.
the amazing thing about these different views of my future were that they were separated by less than a couple of months and the decision to get clean. amazing the difference that a few days can make in my outlook. and that difference is still evident in my life.
today, as this morning's reading reminded me, what my future looks like is a function of how i want to proceed from this moment in time. i do not believe my potential or what i can become is limited by anything except by my lack of vision. will i ever be rich, good-looking or famous? i do not know, but in actuality none of those things are important to me at this moment. will i ever be happy, satisfied, and fulfilled? probably, if i keep the FAITH, do those things i need to on a daily basis, and let my HIGHER POWER do its work.
-- DT --
then there was i a time when i accepted that i could not get high but i imagined myself being boring, lonely, glum and hopeless.
the amazing thing about these different views of my future were that they were separated by less than a couple of months and the decision to get clean. amazing the difference that a few days can make in my outlook. and that difference is still evident in my life.
today, as this morning's reading reminded me, what my future looks like is a function of how i want to proceed from this moment in time. i do not believe my potential or what i can become is limited by anything except by my lack of vision. will i ever be rich, good-looking or famous? i do not know, but in actuality none of those things are important to me at this moment. will i ever be happy, satisfied, and fulfilled? probably, if i keep the FAITH, do those things i need to on a daily basis, and let my HIGHER POWER do its 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!
α possibilities, horizons and my recovery ω 543 words ➥ Saturday, December 3, 2005 by: donnotδ recovery has given me a new vision of myself and my life. μ 500 words ➥ Sunday, December 3, 2006 by: donnot
δ in recovery, life and everything in it appears open to me. Δ 182 words ➥ Monday, December 3, 2007 by: donnot
↔ in my addiction, my vision of myself was very limited. each day, i went through the same routine; my potential was limited. ↔ 478 words ➥ Wednesday, December 3, 2008 by: donnot
∀ i am no longer trapped in the endlessly gray routine of addiction ∀ 400 words ➥ Thursday, December 3, 2009 by: donnot
⊂ for the first time i can remember, i see a vision of my new life ⊃ 429 words ➥ Friday, December 3, 2010 by: donnot
ℑ i will open my eyes to the possibilities before me ℑ 608 words ➥ Saturday, December 3, 2011 by: donnot
♥ guided by spiritual principles and driven by the power ♥ 466 words ➥ Monday, December 3, 2012 by: donnot
∏ perhaps for the first time, ∏ 731 words ➥ Tuesday, December 3, 2013 by: donnot
¤ i am free to stretch myself in new ways, ¤ 664 words ➥ Wednesday, December 3, 2014 by: donnot
→ vision without limits ⇒ 571 words ➥ Thursday, December 3, 2015 by: donnot
♙ life and everything ♟ 936 words ➥ Saturday, December 3, 2016 by: donnot
🌑 coming to 🌕 421 words ➥ Sunday, December 3, 2017 by: donnot
🎓 limitless horizons 🎩 561 words ➥ Monday, December 3, 2018 by: donnot
🐾 no longer trapped 🐾 552 words ➥ Tuesday, December 3, 2019 by: donnot
👁 seeing myself 👁 448 words ➥ Thursday, December 3, 2020 by: donnot
🍬 stretching myself 🍬 306 words ➥ Friday, December 3, 2021 by: donnot
🚀 driven by 🚀 467 words ➥ Saturday, December 3, 2022 by: donnot
😐 the discipline 😑 305 words ➥ Sunday, December 3, 2023 by: donnot
☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 1
3) We meet it and do not see its Front; we follow it, and do not see
its Back. When we can lay hold of the Tao of old to direct the things
of the present day, and are able to know it as it was of old in the
beginning, this is called (unwinding) the clue of Tao.