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Wed, Feb 29, 2012 06:49:19 AM
& with a little time clean under my belt, there is less urgency to my program &
posted: Wed, Feb 29, 2012 06:49:19 AM
sometimes i am not be quite as willing to put to use the experience of others. after all, i KNOW HOW this works.
once again a sponsee, side-stepped the assignment i gave him, and once again i am tiring of fighting his will on this. it is true, that what he wrote was good, and i will give him the benefit of the doubt on there being another letter in the mail, with the actual assignment i asked him to write. it really does not matter, what does matter is that i am beginning to think that perhaps he needs to find a new sponsor, as it seems that i have given him all that i can give him. in the battle of self-wills, i officially surrender mine into the care of the POWER that fuels my recovery.
it is true, after a bit of time working a program and learning to live one, i have been given a bit of grace, and step work no longer has its urgency, inn fact there are times when i struggle to figure out what i need to write.this morning is one of those days, and as a result, i think i will just jump into the shower and head down to Denver to work. it is a good day to be clean,. and who knows what lunch time will bring, a bit of fresh insight, a muse to fill me with pithy wisdom, or just a chicken breast sandwich. anyhow we all shall see…
once again a sponsee, side-stepped the assignment i gave him, and once again i am tiring of fighting his will on this. it is true, that what he wrote was good, and i will give him the benefit of the doubt on there being another letter in the mail, with the actual assignment i asked him to write. it really does not matter, what does matter is that i am beginning to think that perhaps he needs to find a new sponsor, as it seems that i have given him all that i can give him. in the battle of self-wills, i officially surrender mine into the care of the POWER that fuels my recovery.
it is true, after a bit of time working a program and learning to live one, i have been given a bit of grace, and step work no longer has its urgency, inn fact there are times when i struggle to figure out what i need to write.this morning is one of those days, and as a result, i think i will just jump into the shower and head down to Denver to work. it is a good day to be clean,. and who knows what lunch time will bring, a bit of fresh insight, a muse to fill me with pithy wisdom, or just a chicken breast sandwich. anyhow we all shall see…
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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) What makes a great state is its being (like) a low-lying, down-
flowing (stream);--it becomes the centre to which tend (all the small
states) under heaven.