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Thu, Oct 14, 2010 10:02:32 AM
δ my pattern of isolation can make it difficult for me to join in δ
posted: Thu, Oct 14, 2010 10:02:32 AM
over time, however, i begin to feel **a part of** rather than **apart from.** okay take two! what a really weird day and week this has been, i still got a bunch of stuff accomplished, i still got a chance to least phone this in, and i still get a chance to celebrate a clean date anniversary with a sponsee before getting into the whole hotel convention gig. before i go any further:
at least that is what i heard last night when i was driving home form the meeting over in Boulder. as that was being shouted into my head, i also finally saw my path to exactly that. the writing assignment i have been noodling around in my head, was what would the face of sanity look like for me today. after this past week and all the stuff going on between my ears, i have many clues, and perhaps as the weekend progresses i might even get a chance to write it down, if not Sunday will have its task at hand.
so the relief of loneliness by allowing myself to become a part of the fellowship. honestly, there are times that i am grateful that i keep a bit of distance between myself and the fellowship in general. and there are times, when i regret that behavior. today, i am beginning to wish for a bit more, as i will be thrust upon a stage starting tomorrow and i am hopeful i can perform up to my own expectations, which of course are much higher than the fellowship in general. be that as it may, it will be the path to my SECOND STEP and i will do my best to be a part of, over the next 4 days. it is after all the best i can do right here and right now, so off to the errand train i go, grateful for the ability to let go once again.
Congrats on FOUR YEARS Clean RUSSELL
so that completes this business part of my blog, now another announcement from my sponsor: WRITE YOUR STEP DAMMIT!at least that is what i heard last night when i was driving home form the meeting over in Boulder. as that was being shouted into my head, i also finally saw my path to exactly that. the writing assignment i have been noodling around in my head, was what would the face of sanity look like for me today. after this past week and all the stuff going on between my ears, i have many clues, and perhaps as the weekend progresses i might even get a chance to write it down, if not Sunday will have its task at hand.
so the relief of loneliness by allowing myself to become a part of the fellowship. honestly, there are times that i am grateful that i keep a bit of distance between myself and the fellowship in general. and there are times, when i regret that behavior. today, i am beginning to wish for a bit more, as i will be thrust upon a stage starting tomorrow and i am hopeful i can perform up to my own expectations, which of course are much higher than the fellowship in general. be that as it may, it will be the path to my SECOND STEP and i will do my best to be a part of, over the next 4 days. it is after all the best i can do right here and right now, so off to the errand train i go, grateful for the ability to let go once again.
∞ DT ∞
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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.
Another Look!
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 2
2) Therefore the sages got their knowledge without travelling; gave
their (right) names to things without seeing them; and accomplished
their ends without any purpose of doing so.