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Tue, Jan 18, 2005 06:18:34 AM
∞ a simple inventory? ∞
posted: Tue, Jan 18, 2005 06:18:34 AM
this has been exactly one of the big things bugging me about my program lately. somehow my simple 10th step inventory has turned into these long soul-searing dissertations on my day to day behaviors. as a result, i am finding it more than a little inconvenient to write one on a daily basis, and then of course i feel guilty and less-than because i am not doing EVERYTHING i am supposed to.
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
what a trap, i have once again used one of the tools of my recovery program against me and as a result found the rationalization i needed to stop doing something that is a gift and beat myself up over it.
the reading talks about some simple questions and the purpose of the inventory; to get in touch with how i am feeling about the life i am living today! nothing more and certainly nothing less. being the complicated person i am with my amazing magnifying mind, i have turned a once simple exercise into a complex mind-fuck.
well i can change and take a suggestion or two as needed, and this reading provides the guidelines for getting my 10th Step inventory back to its original purpose and form -- A SIMPLE DAILY INVENTORY --
and for this addict it is just what i needed to hear today.
∞ DT &infin
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
what a trap, i have once again used one of the tools of my recovery program against me and as a result found the rationalization i needed to stop doing something that is a gift and beat myself up over it.
the reading talks about some simple questions and the purpose of the inventory; to get in touch with how i am feeling about the life i am living today! nothing more and certainly nothing less. being the complicated person i am with my amazing magnifying mind, i have turned a once simple exercise into a complex mind-fuck.
well i can change and take a suggestion or two as needed, and this reading provides the guidelines for getting my 10th Step inventory back to its original purpose and form -- A SIMPLE DAILY INVENTORY --
and for this addict it is just what i needed to hear today.
∞ DT &infin
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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) (The Tao) which originated all under the sky is to be considered
as the mother of them all.