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ยฐ i will make plans, but i will not plan the results ยฐ

Posted: Wed, Nov 9, 2011 08:02:46 AM

i will trust in the loving care of the POWER that fuels my recovery. one of those mornings where i planned all sorts of stuff and i end up getting further behind. oh well, time to remember the reading, it is my action and my plans that are important, and the results?? well if they are not my DESIRED results, that may not be a bad thing either, it is as the hateful bromide goes, what it is.
the lemonade for me? well i GET to try out my new toy a bit earlier than i planned, yes i am just full of them this morning.
i have been a victim of my own unmet expectations, up until a few weeks ago, then the shattering news of the death of my nephew woke me up, rather rudely i may add, and i started to see, what was really important. yes taking a still suffering addict to detox, being there when a friend calls and NEEDS to get to a meeting, taking care of wrapping up the details at my current assignment and yes, doing the recovery gig in the present tense.
so i will get on with what i need to do, actually make a few new plans and see where i can go today.

∞ 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 1

2) The superior man ordinarily considers the left hand the most honourable
place, but in time of war the right hand. Those sharp weapons are
instruments of evil omen, and not the instruments of the superior
man;--he uses them only on the compulsion of necessity. Calm and repose
are what he prizes; victory (by force of arms) is to him undesirable.
To consider this desirable would be to delight in the slaughter of
men; and he who delights in the slaughter of men cannot get his will
in the kingdom.