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Mon, May 16, 2011 09:06:06 AM
∞ the will of THE POWER that fuels my recovery for me ∞
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.
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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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.
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
3) Thus it is that dignity finds its (firm) root in its (previous)
meanness, and what is lofty finds its stability in the lowness (from
which it rises). Hence princes and kings call themselves 'Orphans,'
'Men of small virtue,' and as 'Carriages without a nave.' Is not this
an acknowledgment that in their considering themselves mean they see
the foundation of their dignity? So it is that in the enumeration
of the different parts of a carriage we do not come on what makes
it answer the ends of a carriage. They do not wish to show themselves
elegant-looking as jade, but (prefer) to be coarse-looking as an (ordinary)
stone.