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Wed, Feb 22, 2012 07:02:25 AM
≈ when i am acting on my own will and not that ≈
posted: Wed, Feb 22, 2012 07:02:25 AM
of the POWER that fuels my recovery, the result is dissonance in my life.
okay, where has self-will got me this morning? well not much closer to getting out of the door, and i feel rushed and hurried to really get going. i could continue to whine about that fact, or i could end this and get on down to Denver, right now, OR i could relax, go with the flow and allow myself to be present in this minute, write what i need to write and let the drive down take care of itself.
i choose to write and be present, right here and right now, as it were. the irony here,. is that the reading was more 10th step based than 11th, and yet i heard the whole STEP 11, theme. i take that to mean, that perhaps, i need to look at which of the three wills i am living in: self, true, OR HP's. that is not a question i have time to answer definitively this morning, but what i can do is at least inventory my symptoms, which brings me more in line with the main thrust of the reading.
today, anyhow, there is self-will running riot. the fact that i accomplished everything i NEEDED to do, is the true will part, the fact that i started 10 minutes late is more than likely HP's, as i slept right up to my alarm. the fact that i wanted this all to take 30 minutes less, and have been trying to rush everything? well that is self-will, trying to force a result to meet my expectation.
the solution? well it is to wrap this up, take a shower and accept that perhaps i will not be at my desk ay 7:15 AM this morning and be okay with that fact as well, allow the HP#39;s will to be expressed and see what happens. and that is what i am going to do, BREATHE and LET GO and allow this day to unfold as it will, at least right now.
okay, where has self-will got me this morning? well not much closer to getting out of the door, and i feel rushed and hurried to really get going. i could continue to whine about that fact, or i could end this and get on down to Denver, right now, OR i could relax, go with the flow and allow myself to be present in this minute, write what i need to write and let the drive down take care of itself.
i choose to write and be present, right here and right now, as it were. the irony here,. is that the reading was more 10th step based than 11th, and yet i heard the whole STEP 11, theme. i take that to mean, that perhaps, i need to look at which of the three wills i am living in: self, true, OR HP's. that is not a question i have time to answer definitively this morning, but what i can do is at least inventory my symptoms, which brings me more in line with the main thrust of the reading.
today, anyhow, there is self-will running riot. the fact that i accomplished everything i NEEDED to do, is the true will part, the fact that i started 10 minutes late is more than likely HP's, as i slept right up to my alarm. the fact that i wanted this all to take 30 minutes less, and have been trying to rush everything? well that is self-will, trying to force a result to meet my expectation.
the solution? well it is to wrap this up, take a shower and accept that perhaps i will not be at my desk ay 7:15 AM this morning and be okay with that fact as well, allow the HP#39;s will to be expressed and see what happens. and that is what i am going to do, BREATHE and LET GO and allow this day to unfold as it will, at least right now.
∞ 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 1
2) Therefore the sage holds in his embrace the one thing (of humility),
and manifests it to all the world. He is free from self- display,
and therefore he shines; from self-assertion, and therefore he is
distinguished; from self-boasting, and therefore his merit is acknowledged;
from self-complacency, and therefore he acquires superiority. It is
because he is thus free from striving that therefore no one in the
world is able to strive with him.