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โ€ข i will accept the loss of one I love and โ€ฆ

Posted: Fri, Aug 20, 2010 08:41:09 AM

...turn to my Higher Power for the strength to accept my feelings. for some reason, this reading feels especially poignant today. i could get all morbid and go with the idea that something terrible is about to happen in my life, and while that may be true, i think i will go in the other direction, namely to love those i have to the best of my ability today.
what i heard in the little time i could be quiet and listen this morning,m and trust me, it was not nearly enough, was that it is important for me to be present in my life and the lives of those i love. it is quite true, that i never know when my last word and deed to them will occur, and although i am not a saint and i do and will have conflicts with the very people i love the most, i need to keep in mind that telling them and showing them my love is important for me and my spiritual condition.
so yesterday was a day when i battled everything and everyone, my plan from the start of the day went awry and it was not until after 8:00 PM last night before i could consider the day a success. i must admit, that i am glad that the woman i loved reminded me of my massage yesterday afternoon, as it made a frustrating day more than tolerable, in fact it turned it around into a successful day, that only required a few more acts and a bit more time to complete.
so where am i going with all of this? well i am going to do my quickie workout and allow myself to use physical exertion to wipe my mind. i have too much going on between my ears this morning to achieve anything i want to get done, so it is better to wipe the slate clean and get started in a new direction. i will go through today, remembering that my task today, is to let those i love, know i love them, in word as well as in deed, so i can close my eyes tonight and not regret missing something important today.

∞ 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 2

1) (It is the way of the Tao) to act without (thinking of) acting;
to conduct affairs without (feeling the) trouble of them; to taste
without discerning any flavour; to consider what is small as great,
and a few as many; and to recompense injury with kindness.