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Thu, Sep 22, 2011 07:21:30 AM
‰ the gift of recovery is one that grows with the giving ‰
posted: Thu, Sep 22, 2011 07:21:30 AM
in sharing our recovery with others, i come to value it all the more. guess what, i am human after all. i am fading the heat for a series of poor decisions i made a few days back, and although i do not like the consequences, quite honestly, if i was in the same situation i would probably act the same again. i would probably be more circumspect and i might actually call my sponsor, instead of acting on my passion. but none of that excuse the fact that i acted and the fallout was more than i expected at that time. had i considered what i was doing however, what happened would have totally predictable. this whole feeling gig, and knowing for the most part, what the next right thing to do, is difficult for me. i want to run from my passions. i want to hide from my feelings and i want the outcomes to be what i want them to be RIGHT NOW! it sucks being me today, but although this cannot be fixed except by time travel, i can work towards amending my behavior. the ironic part is the person i hurt the most in collateral damage, is the person i hate to hurt at all.
why i am writing all of that instead of moving on with the topic at hand is beyond me. i guess it is because of what the reading speaks about, maintaining my gift of recovery. i often tell the men i sponsor that to pause between steps 3 and 4, is not a good ides, and yet here i am doing the exact same thing. i know that i am changing. i know that i need to look at that change through the process of the steps, and yet i am letting myself get caught up in the lives of others once again, instead focusing on what i need to focus on, myself.
where do i go from here?
well, down to the office for now after a shower etc, for a full day worth of work, then home to clean up my projects from last weekend and before that are languishing on my desk. o yeah, and perhaps even some time to clean-up the messes i have created, who knows. for right now, i will surrender, i will allow a POWER that is greater than me to guide my actions and most of all i will do my best to separate out what is mine from the rest of the pile that is my life. i do have the technology available to do so.
why i am writing all of that instead of moving on with the topic at hand is beyond me. i guess it is because of what the reading speaks about, maintaining my gift of recovery. i often tell the men i sponsor that to pause between steps 3 and 4, is not a good ides, and yet here i am doing the exact same thing. i know that i am changing. i know that i need to look at that change through the process of the steps, and yet i am letting myself get caught up in the lives of others once again, instead focusing on what i need to focus on, myself.
where do i go from here?
well, down to the office for now after a shower etc, for a full day worth of work, then home to clean up my projects from last weekend and before that are languishing on my desk. o yeah, and perhaps even some time to clean-up the messes i have created, who knows. for right now, i will surrender, i will allow a POWER that is greater than me to guide my actions and most of all i will do my best to separate out what is mine from the rest of the pile that is my life. i do have the technology available to do so.
∞ 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 1
1) Colour's five hues from th' eyes their sight will take;
Music's five notes the ears as deaf can make;
The flavours five deprive the mouth of taste;
The chariot course, and the wild hunting waste
Make mad the mind; and objects rare and strange,
Sought for, men's conduct will to evil change.