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ฮ” it is true that, if i want the kind of recovery i see in members i respect ฮ”

Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2010 10:20:56 AM

i will want to practice the kind of program that has made their recovery possible. HOWEVER, the only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using. it is nice to know, that today i can be okay working the program the way i am. it is much later than usual, and this morning has been one of those where nothing has been quite right for me. fires, and pure and simple laziness have made my morning less than my ideal, and yet i can persevere and go on, adjusting my plans for the current reality.
when i read this reading this morning, i could not settle in and just let go. i know that i had some sort of feeling there was a fire that needed to be extinguished and there was, not that i believe i am psychic or anything, just observant of things that may go wrong from time to time. i disregarded that feeling and it cost me time to go out for a run, perhaps a walk with the dawg will be part of my plan later this afternoon.
be that as it may, i do need to get moving forward with my day, and i know i can do so in confidence. life will always present a challenge or two, my job is to use the tools i have acquired to rise to that challenge. on that not i will end this quickie saying that it is a good day to be in recovery.

∞ DT ∞


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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 1

2) So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to
(the idea of) the other; that difficulty and ease produce the one
(the idea of) the other; that length and shortness fashion out the
one the figure of the other; that (the ideas of) height and lowness
arise from the contrast of the one with the other; that the musical
notes and tones become harmonious through the relation of one with
another; and that being before and behind give the idea of one following
another.