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โˆž the will of THE POWER that fuels my recovery for me โˆž

Posted: Mon, May 16, 2011 09:06:06 AM

becomes my own true will for myself.
okay, i have to admit it. this morning is not going as i want it to, little tasks that are usually no problem are major problems. cell phone reception that normally works is not. and all of this is frustrating me to no end, making me irritable and discontented.
what does that have to do with allowing the will of my HIGHER POWER for me to become my own true will. well…
when s6tuff is difficult to do, it usually means that it is time to step away and do something else, and come back to what i NEED to do, a little later. man i want to get these tasks done, so i do not have to come back to them later and yet, i GET that maybe, for whatever reason, these are beyond my grasp for right now.
what is, is DANG IT, and i have no control over whatever funky crap is happening to the internet and the cell phone network this morning, as much as i would like to!
so what am i hearing as a result of these seemingly random events? well that maybe instead of taking care of business, i NEED to take care of myself and allow the rest of the world to deal with all that funk, at least in the here and now. honestly i have no where i NEED to be until 10 AM. all of these tasks that i am striving to get done, need not get done until 7 AM tomorrow, so to fret, fume and get frustrated is really very counterproductive. with that in mind, being mindful of what is going on around me, i do believe i will go out for my jaunt around the neighborhood and let my head clear out. i DO believe that the will of the POWER that fuels my recovery, is beneficial for me and that it is my job to align my will to that will. so off to the streets i go.
Chuck S, sorry to see you go, i am grateful that i got to meet you and you were part of my life, GOD SPEED my friend.

∞ 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

He who in (Tao's) wars has skill
Assumes no martial port;
He who fights with most good will
To rage makes no resort.
He who vanquishes yet still
Keeps from his foes apart;
He whose hests men most fulfil
Yet humbly plies his art.

Thus we say, 'He ne'er contends,
And therein is his might.'
Thus we say, 'Men's wills he bends,
That they with him unite.'
Thus we say, 'Like Heaven's his ends,
No sage of old more bright.'