I have been clean for:
I Stand With Ukraine

Welcome

Journal

Some memes

Feel Free to steal and repost these memes!

Surrender meme Work the steps meme

โˆž the truth is that i do not know if someone honestly wants to stop using โˆž

Posted: Sat, Dec 5, 2009 08:51:48 AM

because i cannot read minds or know the motives and desires of others, i simply have to hope for the best, when i carry the message, well a bit of hoop jumping this morning to get a seed, but i am here and i heard a whole lot of stuff. i am way off my routine, as i am sitting Cheyenne , sharing a room with another zonal forum member, so what i like -- peace and quiet and no human interaction for at least an hour after my first sip of coffee was not to be. i can however say that i am grateful to be here, and that regardless of the compromises i have to make to my daily routine, it certainly is just where i want to be, right here and right now.
so what is the message i can carry today, and what do i need to do when i carry it. well, the message i can carry today is one of HOPE, because i feel hopeful. i can carry the message of JOY, because i am joyful to be alive and have a life that looks to be promising. i can also carry the message of SERENITY, because , regardless of what happens today, i have the FAITH necessary to carry me through today without using. the only reason i can carry those three parts of a message is because, today, i have made the choice to stay clean and practice a program of active recovery. when i carry that message i let go of the results, i do not know who will listen and where the seed of recovery will take hold, my message, honestly shared is just one of the gifts i give back to the fellowship that allows mew to live free today.
so anyhow it is time to ge eat breakfast before heading into the CAR workshop. i am off!

∞ DT ∞


Another Look

This day in older entries

๐Ÿ˜’ at this stage ๐Ÿ˜’
495 words ➥ Friday, December 5, 2025 by donnot
๐Ÿ˜ž for someone who ๐Ÿ˜ 
486 words ➥ Thursday, December 5, 2024 by donnot
๐ŸŒŠ uncomplicated ๐ŸŒˆ
538 words ➥ Tuesday, December 5, 2023 by donnot
๐Ÿ˜ any addict ๐Ÿ˜
542 words ➥ Monday, December 5, 2022 by donnot
๐Ÿค motives and desires ๐Ÿคจ
407 words ➥ Sunday, December 5, 2021 by donnot
๐Ÿ”ฌ motives ๐Ÿ”ฌ
429 words ➥ Saturday, December 5, 2020 by donnot
๐Ÿ”ฎ reading minds ๐Ÿ”ฎ
475 words ➥ Thursday, December 5, 2019 by donnot
๐Ÿขซ i did not ๐Ÿขช
448 words ➥ Wednesday, December 5, 2018 by donnot
๐Ÿ”ฌ i cannot know ๐Ÿ•ต
481 words ➥ Tuesday, December 5, 2017 by donnot
โ˜ฅ honestly and โ˜ธ
712 words ➥ Monday, December 5, 2016 by donnot
โ˜› those who โ˜š
449 words ➥ Saturday, December 5, 2015 by donnot
ยฟ how does one know when someone โ€ฆ
564 words ➥ Friday, December 5, 2014 by donnot
โˆ‘ because i cannot read minds or โˆ‘
391 words ➥ Thursday, December 5, 2013 by donnot
ร— i AM OFTEN tempted to give up on someone ร—
737 words ➥ Wednesday, December 5, 2012 by donnot
ยท i will share my recovery with any addict ยท
702 words ➥ Monday, December 5, 2011 by donnot
โ„œ i have seen the program work for any addict who โ€ฆ
715 words ➥ Sunday, December 5, 2010 by donnot
ฮผ the message i carry is a part of me. ฮผ
468 words ➥ Friday, December 5, 2008 by donnot
ฮฑ yesterday once more ฯ‰
486 words ➥ Monday, December 5, 2005 by donnot
sharing my recovery โˆžโˆžโˆž
140 words ➥ Sunday, December 5, 2004 by donnot

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

2) It is only by this moderation that there is effected an early return
(to man's normal state). That early return is what I call the repeated
accumulation of the attributes (of the Tao). With that repeated accumulation
of those attributes, there comes the subjugation (of every obstacle
to such return). Of this subjugation we know not what shall be the
limit; and when one knows not what the limit shall be, he may be the
ruler of a state.