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Fri, Jul 12, 2013 07:05:31 AM
◊ the drugs i used, taught me that instant gratification ◊
posted: Fri, Jul 12, 2013 07:05:31 AM
was never more than a dose away. is it any wonder that i arrived in the rooms with next to no patience?
as i have run out of patience this morning, to sit down here, take a minute and really relax, before running off to Montana, i get what this is all about., after all, a friend, crossed a sh!tload of boundaries with me, because he could not get the instant gratification he was seeking. that friendship is on the rocks, because i choose to enforce those boundaries and will be making it very explicit what those boundaries are in the future. he is ticked off, because, unlike him, i know he is not going anywhere and there is NOTHING in his life right now, that requires my instant attention.
me, i want to get out on the road and be where i am sleeping already, and i have not even taken a shower yet! so it goes, i want, i need and it HAS TO BE NOW! even when dealing with the POWER that fuels my recovery, if the answer is not an immediate “yes,” i take it for a “no,” even though it may be a “not yet.” patience, like any of the myriad of other spiritual principles, does not be something i was born to, and even after a few days clean, i find it something that i need to practice, to achieve even the tiniest bit of skill at.
anyhow, i am itching to get rolling, so i will end up with this thought, that maybe, as i am on the road today, i can practice a bit more patience than i did yesterday and fins it in my heart to forgive those, who have yet to realize that they can practice some as well. this is a process, and as such the journey is the destination.
as i have run out of patience this morning, to sit down here, take a minute and really relax, before running off to Montana, i get what this is all about., after all, a friend, crossed a sh!tload of boundaries with me, because he could not get the instant gratification he was seeking. that friendship is on the rocks, because i choose to enforce those boundaries and will be making it very explicit what those boundaries are in the future. he is ticked off, because, unlike him, i know he is not going anywhere and there is NOTHING in his life right now, that requires my instant attention.
me, i want to get out on the road and be where i am sleeping already, and i have not even taken a shower yet! so it goes, i want, i need and it HAS TO BE NOW! even when dealing with the POWER that fuels my recovery, if the answer is not an immediate “yes,” i take it for a “no,” even though it may be a “not yet.” patience, like any of the myriad of other spiritual principles, does not be something i was born to, and even after a few days clean, i find it something that i need to practice, to achieve even the tiniest bit of skill at.
anyhow, i am itching to get rolling, so i will end up with this thought, that maybe, as i am on the road today, i can practice a bit more patience than i did yesterday and fins it in my heart to forgive those, who have yet to realize that they can practice some as well. this is a process, and as such the journey is the destination.
∞ 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
1) Now arms, however beautiful, are instruments of evil omen, hateful,
it may be said, to all creatures. Therefore they who have the Tao
do not like to employ them.