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โˆž working a program โˆž

Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 05:44:54 AM

i was told a while ago, and have come to believe, that the only way for me to grow in my recovery was to work the steps. meeting attendance, prayer meditation, and service was all good and quite possibly could keep me clean for an extended period of time. but those actions, while necessary, were hardly sufficient to make the life and personality changes needed to recover and thrive. my sponsors all insisted that they had never seen anyone recover without working the steps.
the last thing i wanted after i got clean and started down this path was to survive only, i wanted to thrive, find some piece of mind and escape from the chaos that was my life. the steps provide the means to those ends and a whole lot more, so as i embark on yet another cycle of steps, i am confident that this is the path for me and that i too can recover, yet another day.
∞ 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) The Tao produced One; One produced Two; Two produced Three; Three
produced All things. All things leave behind them the Obscurity (out
of which they have come), and go forward to embrace the Brightness
(into which they have emerged), while they are harmonised by the Breath
of Vacancy.