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Sun, Nov 6, 2011 09:45:33 AM
? i have come to understand that humility means that I must admit !
posted: Sun, Nov 6, 2011 09:45:33 AM
I cannot recover on my own. I need the members of the fellowship and, ABOVE ALL, I need a loving HIGHER POWER that is stronger than the addict within me.
so my one of the issues i had yesterday has been resolved, i shared about my dilemma and an addict, who is fast becoming a trusted friend, gave me some advice that i now see was the voice of the POWER that fuels my recovery, that i am willing to follow today. having just a bit of of humility, deflated my ego enough to take some direction and do the next right thing, which means i fill out the paper work and take the offer that is now on the table. i get it today, that all i have to do is ask, and i WILL get the answers i seek. yes it is tough to believe that there is something beyond my understanding,. much less that i am not an independent force that can act just like i want to and not suffer the consequences of my decisions. this was my problem from the start. and it still creeps in to my active life, more often than i really want to admit. my favorite line can be “I KNOW!”
as i was listening this morning to the voice within, i realize i knew the answer, i was just choosing not to hear it. i had stepped out oh humility and moved into self-will, believing that the offers were just going to keep rolling in, and they may, BUT today, i am certain that the path before me, is to take what is being offered. most importantly, be grateful that i will not have any missed paychecks nor will i have to worry about WHEN that next paycheck will arrive. i am being cared for, and i i WILL always get what i need. the only caveat here is that i have to listen to what i am being told, especially IF i ask for an answer.
so the answer i seem to be getting today, is that i am not supposed to buy a 4G modem for my net book, as there is now way around the data entry error i made yesterday. i love it, for the protection of AT&T they cannot let me update the order i entered yesterday unless i provide them with the data entry error i made. i mean talk about a catch-22 and what a pile of steaming horsesh!t. i could not add the service to my current account, and now i cannot get new service unless i go through the whole painful process again! i am more than a little pissed off and instead of whining and moaning any more, i do believe i will fill out my paperwork, jump in the shower and move forward with my day. i can always order from SPRINT later and that may be just what i will do!
with that in mind, i will let go and do the next right thing! it is after all a good day to be clean.
so my one of the issues i had yesterday has been resolved, i shared about my dilemma and an addict, who is fast becoming a trusted friend, gave me some advice that i now see was the voice of the POWER that fuels my recovery, that i am willing to follow today. having just a bit of of humility, deflated my ego enough to take some direction and do the next right thing, which means i fill out the paper work and take the offer that is now on the table. i get it today, that all i have to do is ask, and i WILL get the answers i seek. yes it is tough to believe that there is something beyond my understanding,. much less that i am not an independent force that can act just like i want to and not suffer the consequences of my decisions. this was my problem from the start. and it still creeps in to my active life, more often than i really want to admit. my favorite line can be “I KNOW!”
as i was listening this morning to the voice within, i realize i knew the answer, i was just choosing not to hear it. i had stepped out oh humility and moved into self-will, believing that the offers were just going to keep rolling in, and they may, BUT today, i am certain that the path before me, is to take what is being offered. most importantly, be grateful that i will not have any missed paychecks nor will i have to worry about WHEN that next paycheck will arrive. i am being cared for, and i i WILL always get what i need. the only caveat here is that i have to listen to what i am being told, especially IF i ask for an answer.
so the answer i seem to be getting today, is that i am not supposed to buy a 4G modem for my net book, as there is now way around the data entry error i made yesterday. i love it, for the protection of AT&T they cannot let me update the order i entered yesterday unless i provide them with the data entry error i made. i mean talk about a catch-22 and what a pile of steaming horsesh!t. i could not add the service to my current account, and now i cannot get new service unless i go through the whole painful process again! i am more than a little pissed off and instead of whining and moaning any more, i do believe i will fill out my paperwork, jump in the shower and move forward with my day. i can always order from SPRINT later and that may be just what i will do!
with that in mind, i will let go and do the next right thing! it is after all a good day to be clean.
∞ 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.
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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
5) There should be a neighbouring state within sight, and the voices
of the fowls and dogs should be heard all the way from it to us, but
I would make the people to old age, even to death, not have any intercourse
with it.