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Tue, May 10, 2005 05:53:43 AM


∞ a state of readiness ∞
posted: Tue, May 10, 2005 05:53:43 AM

 

i would love to move to the point in my program where i would do the work i need to do out of a desire to grow than in a response to pain. but, i am not there today, today i still have a pain motive to my step work. i am less nuts than yesterday however, and i am painfully aware of my character defects. it seems at this point in my recovery, i pain activates my character defects to deflect me from what i really need to be looking at. one of the defects that has been rearing its ugly head these days is my ability to take everyone else‘s inventory and then let then know exactly what it will take to fix them.
my daily inventory however, is starting once again to become a tool of recovery and i am actually seeing what i am doing instead of just going through the motions. i do understand insanity, especially mine today, and i am becoming more than willing to believe that GOD can restore me to sanity. i am actually better today than i have been in the past 10 days and grateful to have ALL of the gifts i have been given including the awareness of my character defects.
∞ DT ∞

 

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Another Look!

∞ defects of character removal -- a lifetime process ∞ 433 words ➥ Wednesday, May 10, 2006 by: donnot
δ my state of readiness grows in direct proportion to my awareness of my defects and the destruction they cause. δ 297 words ➥ Thursday, May 10, 2007 by: donnot
δ as i let go of my shortcomings and find their influence waning, Δ 368 words ➥ Saturday, May 10, 2008 by: donnot
δ my delusions about myself will disappear to be replaced by self-honesty and self-acceptance. δ 385 words ➥ Sunday, May 10, 2009 by: donnot
∃ i notice that a loving HIGHER POWER replaces my defects of character with quality attributes ∃ 486 words ➥ Monday, May 10, 2010 by: donnot
⇑ through the lens of STEP SIX, i get a good look at what these defects are doing ⇑  539 words ➥ Tuesday, May 10, 2011 by: donnot
∂ i get a good look at what these defects are doing to my life ∂ 788 words ➥ Thursday, May 10, 2012 by: donnot
∝ my state of readiness to have my defects of character removed, ∝ 747 words ➥ Friday, May 10, 2013 by: donnot
≈ my basic nature changes, and i soon find ≈ 697 words ➥ Saturday, May 10, 2014 by: donnot
× as i grow, i notice that a loving GOD × 731 words ➥ Sunday, May 10, 2015 by: donnot
∲ begin to ∳ 689 words ➥ Tuesday, May 10, 2016 by: donnot
✊ on becoming ✌ 717 words ➥ Wednesday, May 10, 2017 by: donnot
🎜 self-honesty 🎝 429 words ➥ Thursday, May 10, 2018 by: donnot
💩 on longing 💨 685 words ➥ Friday, May 10, 2019 by: donnot
🔮 my delusions 🔮 653 words ➥ Sunday, May 10, 2020 by: donnot
🕴 my basic nature 🔬 521 words ➥ Monday, May 10, 2021 by: donnot
🍷 my desire  🍻 518 words ➥ Tuesday, May 10, 2022 by: donnot
😣 perseverance 😣 243 words ➥ Wednesday, May 10, 2023 by: donnot
🏚 the devastation 🏚 488 words ➥ Friday, May 10, 2024 by: donnot
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☯ 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) Therefore the sage seeks to satisfy (the craving of) the belly,
and not the (insatiable longing of the) eyes. He puts from him the
latter, and prefers to seek the former.