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โˆž facing challenges โˆž

Posted: Fri, May 27, 2005 04:51:30 AM

well it has been one year since i started this blog and i am getting quite used to writing about my feelings and musings everyday. although i started this blog with the intention of writing about a variety of issues it has been about my recovery and how i am doing on a day-today basis and i have left my politics and comments about current events out. i do believe that this has been a useful tool for me and i will continue blogging about my random brain waves.
that being said, among the challenges that i see facing me at least today, is traveling to participate in an event on a level of service that i have not done before. although this is just a prelude to the activities over the next year, i am more than a bit apprehensive about what this weekend will bring.
my fears center around being way over my head, far away from my friends and loved ones, and not quite accepting that i have the ability to do this. i know that whenever i face new people, that i have a tendency to withdraw and isolate. i also realize that when i am out of town that i do not like attending and sharing at meetings where i do not know anyone.
i NEED to find the FAITH to allow GOD to provide me the tools i need to face this challenge and allow myself to walk through my fears, be the person i am and enjoy the challenges ahead of me. i will thrive if i can open my mind to GOD&lsquos will for me today.
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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

1) To him who holds in his hands the Great Image (of the invisible
Tao), the whole world repairs. Men resort to him, and receive no hurt,
but (find) rest, peace, and the feeling of ease.