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Sat, Sep 7, 2013 08:28:20 AM
≈ but freedom from isolation has its price: ≈
posted: Sat, Sep 7, 2013 08:28:20 AM
the more i interact with people, the more often i may find someone stepping on my toes.
as i prepare to take off for a week off the grid, it is a good reminder to me, that i need not carry any resentments. ironically, someone i once sponsored, contacted a friend and caused me to look him off, and send him off a quick note, telling him that if my actions were misinterpreted, that i had made a mistake. there was a time,when i was pissed off with that person, but as i walk further and further away from the whole situation, i feel less and less angry and see that i too, was carrying a resentment, that i needed to release. they did, whatever it was that they did, because they felt that it was something that need to be done. i did what i did, because i KNEW that i was unwilling to play the game. my part? well i was more than a little abrupt with the party in the middle, because i did not want or need to have someone in the middle. it is what it is, and today i am grateful that when the time comes, i can still own where i was wrong.
the reading reminds me that as i am traveling today, things may not quite go as i plan them to go and i NEED to let go of my expectations of getting everything i want, as this day through airports, third party transport and resort check-ins happen. having any expectations today, will certainly sour what will already be a stressful experience and do i really want to start my vacation, seething and steaming, when it all can be avoided? after all, our literature clearly states that expectations are just premeditated resentments.
so as i run around, trying my best to remember what i may have forgotten, checking to see how far my US dollars will go and just trying to slide into the airport and get the puck out of dodge, i see a whole lot of nothing going on inside of my head. at least when it come to this topic. so instead of adding any fluff, i will just say: Adiós amigos, nos vemos en siete dÃas.
as i prepare to take off for a week off the grid, it is a good reminder to me, that i need not carry any resentments. ironically, someone i once sponsored, contacted a friend and caused me to look him off, and send him off a quick note, telling him that if my actions were misinterpreted, that i had made a mistake. there was a time,when i was pissed off with that person, but as i walk further and further away from the whole situation, i feel less and less angry and see that i too, was carrying a resentment, that i needed to release. they did, whatever it was that they did, because they felt that it was something that need to be done. i did what i did, because i KNEW that i was unwilling to play the game. my part? well i was more than a little abrupt with the party in the middle, because i did not want or need to have someone in the middle. it is what it is, and today i am grateful that when the time comes, i can still own where i was wrong.
the reading reminds me that as i am traveling today, things may not quite go as i plan them to go and i NEED to let go of my expectations of getting everything i want, as this day through airports, third party transport and resort check-ins happen. having any expectations today, will certainly sour what will already be a stressful experience and do i really want to start my vacation, seething and steaming, when it all can be avoided? after all, our literature clearly states that expectations are just premeditated resentments.
so as i run around, trying my best to remember what i may have forgotten, checking to see how far my US dollars will go and just trying to slide into the airport and get the puck out of dodge, i see a whole lot of nothing going on inside of my head. at least when it come to this topic. so instead of adding any fluff, i will just say: Adiós amigos, nos vemos en siete dÃas.
∞ 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
3) Who can (make) the muddy water (clear)? Let it be still, and it
will gradually become clear. Who can secure the condition of rest?
Let movement go on, and the condition of rest will gradually arise.