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Wed, Sep 14, 2011 07:36:29 AM
∏ i want the kind of recovery that ONLY comes ∏
posted: Wed, Sep 14, 2011 07:36:29 AM
from total surrender to the program.
ah, late start Wednesdays, i love it. this morning i got to sleep in, and am in no great hurry to get out the door. that probably does not mean a spilling of everything i may be holding near and dear to my heart to the netizens who happen to stumble on to my daily brain dumps. i will however explore the whole secrets EQUAL reservations theme a bit more before jumping into the shower and heading to the office.
i am fond of saying, when i like or do not like a reading, it is not because i am emotionally attached to something in the reading, it usually means that there is something i need to look at, good or bad, that triggered that emotional reaction. this morning the reaction was a bit more on the positive side, so i needed to figure out what secrets had to do with it. well, i did unload a secret or two on my sponse last Thursday night, as well as at a meeting on Saturday morning an to tell you all the real truth, coming out of STEP THREE, has made me feel broken beyond repair, once again. what i was holding on to, the financial mess i had made, was just camouflage for what i really needed to be looking at, at looking at that, scares the living sh!t out of me.
i am, however, getting ready to start STEP FOUR, so i have a great framework to deal with the current set of fears, insecurities and just plain lunacy that is the current state of me. as much as i want to hold on to my misery, because of course not a single one of you can understand, i know that once more the path before will open up and allow me the freedom from my self-obsession that has been given to me time after time, when i surrender completely to the principles of this program.
well i thought i had a whole lot more to say, apparently not, so off to work i go and into what will be a very long day, full and active , and nothing i dread doing, just a long one. so be well my friends and i will see you in the morning.
ah, late start Wednesdays, i love it. this morning i got to sleep in, and am in no great hurry to get out the door. that probably does not mean a spilling of everything i may be holding near and dear to my heart to the netizens who happen to stumble on to my daily brain dumps. i will however explore the whole secrets EQUAL reservations theme a bit more before jumping into the shower and heading to the office.
i am fond of saying, when i like or do not like a reading, it is not because i am emotionally attached to something in the reading, it usually means that there is something i need to look at, good or bad, that triggered that emotional reaction. this morning the reaction was a bit more on the positive side, so i needed to figure out what secrets had to do with it. well, i did unload a secret or two on my sponse last Thursday night, as well as at a meeting on Saturday morning an to tell you all the real truth, coming out of STEP THREE, has made me feel broken beyond repair, once again. what i was holding on to, the financial mess i had made, was just camouflage for what i really needed to be looking at, at looking at that, scares the living sh!t out of me.
i am, however, getting ready to start STEP FOUR, so i have a great framework to deal with the current set of fears, insecurities and just plain lunacy that is the current state of me. as much as i want to hold on to my misery, because of course not a single one of you can understand, i know that once more the path before will open up and allow me the freedom from my self-obsession that has been given to me time after time, when i surrender completely to the principles of this program.
well i thought i had a whole lot more to say, apparently not, so off to work i go and into what will be a very long day, full and active , and nothing i dread doing, just a long one. so be well my friends and i will see you in the morning.
∞ 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.
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 2
1) When a reconciliation is effected (between two parties) after a
great animosity, there is sure to be a grudge remaining (in the mind
of the one who was wrong). And how can this be beneficial (to the
other)?