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โˆž praying and listening โˆž

Posted: Mon, May 16, 2005 08:09:30 AM

well after a hectic morning doing a tiny little project that took 3 times as long as i though it would, i finally get a chance to sit, reflect and write.
anyhow listening for God‘s will has never been a strong suit for me and especially now as i am finishing off my second step. i do know that God‘s will is actually my TRUE will for me and i do get a moment of serenity and some direction when i choose to align my will to GOD‘s. so here i am, after a short bout of self-will this morning, restarting my morning, taking a breath and thinking about the daily reading, instead of running around exorcising my will.
will i get a chance to fall back into my old behavior this morning -- probably -- it is still early! i also know that i can find the way back to the spiritual principles i need to practice this day too!
so once again, i can see light at the end of the tunnel and it is not a train!
∞ DT &infin

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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 2

3) Thus it is that dignity finds its (firm) root in its (previous)
meanness, and what is lofty finds its stability in the lowness (from
which it rises). Hence princes and kings call themselves 'Orphans,'
'Men of small virtue,' and as 'Carriages without a nave.' Is not this
an acknowledgment that in their considering themselves mean they see
the foundation of their dignity? So it is that in the enumeration
of the different parts of a carriage we do not come on what makes
it answer the ends of a carriage. They do not wish to show themselves
elegant-looking as jade, but (prefer) to be coarse-looking as an (ordinary)
stone.