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Sat, Apr 24, 2010 04:28:37 AM


δ when i work the Twelve Steps to the best of my ability δ
posted: Sat, Apr 24, 2010 04:28:37 AM

 

i find that i can become the type of person who is capable of finding employment, sustaining loving relationships, and helping others. okay it is way early, but this morning, i am embarking on one of the gifts that i have been given in recovery, a vacation to the tropics. i wrote earlier this week about how this very trip was denied me way back when, and this morning as i stress out about all the things i have left to do, before i get there, i am struck by the irony of the situation. had i not got clean, had i not accepted recovery, and had i not worked steps, none of this would have happened, i would still be spinning down the drain in active addiction. so instead of stressing, i do believe i will find the time to be grateful and move into this day, one step at a time. life is good, i am grateful for what i have been given, so off to the showers and into this journey to Mexico.

∞ DT ∞

 

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Another Look!

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☯ 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

1) To know and yet (think) we do not know is the highest (attainment);
not to know (and yet think) we do know is a disease.