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Thu, Jun 30, 2011 09:02:07 AM
◊ because i have the desire to continue enjoying the life that has been given to me ◊
posted: Thu, Jun 30, 2011 09:02:07 AM
i will take steps to maintain the foundation of my freedom.
okay let me honest here for just a second before diving hook, line and sinker into the party line. this week has sucked. everything took twice as long and had more hooks and hoops than i ever had before, and everything that i wanted to accomplish has not been done. all things being equal i would have rather been working for a corporation than for myself, as i would have got paid, BY THE HOUR, instead of by the task and been better off financially this morning.
i could cut the cheese to complement that fine whine, and yes i usually do not like being negative, but life happens and boy has it been happening professionally this week for me, life stuff not the rolling in dough fantasy i often have. the irony here, is i was telling my newest sponsee about how automatic the daily stuff for maintaining my recovery has become. the reading reminds that automatic or not, i need to be mindful and present of what i am doing and why i do it. to let maintaining my recover slip into superstition or ritual, because i have become habituated to doing it, for me, could be just as deadly as doing no maintenance at all.
anyhow, i have people screeching for my attention and although i probably have much more to say, i will end it there and see what i can get done to catch up on all the time i lost this week not making whole lot of progress on my paid projects. i can and will be grateful that at least i am alive and kicking and complaining about my stake in life is certainly evidence of that.
okay let me honest here for just a second before diving hook, line and sinker into the party line. this week has sucked. everything took twice as long and had more hooks and hoops than i ever had before, and everything that i wanted to accomplish has not been done. all things being equal i would have rather been working for a corporation than for myself, as i would have got paid, BY THE HOUR, instead of by the task and been better off financially this morning.
i could cut the cheese to complement that fine whine, and yes i usually do not like being negative, but life happens and boy has it been happening professionally this week for me, life stuff not the rolling in dough fantasy i often have. the irony here, is i was telling my newest sponsee about how automatic the daily stuff for maintaining my recovery has become. the reading reminds that automatic or not, i need to be mindful and present of what i am doing and why i do it. to let maintaining my recover slip into superstition or ritual, because i have become habituated to doing it, for me, could be just as deadly as doing no maintenance at all.
anyhow, i have people screeching for my attention and although i probably have much more to say, i will end it there and see what i can get done to catch up on all the time i lost this week not making whole lot of progress on my paid projects. i can and will be grateful that at least i am alive and kicking and complaining about my stake in life is certainly evidence of that.
∞ 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.
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
2) (The master of it) anticipates things that are difficult while
they are easy, and does things that would become great while they
are small. All difficult things in the world are sure to arise from
a previous state in which they were easy, and all great things from
one in which they were small. Therefore the sage, while he never does
what is great, is able on that account to accomplish the greatest
things.