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Fri, Jun 24, 2005 05:40:37 AM
μ tolerance -> acceptance μ
posted: Fri, Jun 24, 2005 05:40:37 AM
well i started this blog at home while waiting for some things to complete their cycle and did not like where it was going -- so this is my second draft and it seems to be going a whole different direction. my part in the landmine problem i wrote about yesterday is that i have found myself expecting people around me to change and have been resentful of the results --> them not changing.
here i am full of expectations about others, resentful at their behaviors, taking their inventories and being intolerant and unaccepting of who they are at this moment. no wonder i feel confused most of the time lately!
well thinking about tolerating and accepting others and how that relates to my self-will and the various manifestations of my insanity leads me to the conclusion that i am truly living my second step and that i am finally almost ready to make that leap of FAITH of considering a decision to let GOD take care of my life and will. do not skip over the ‘almost’, i am not really ready just almost. hopefully i will find the time to meet with my sponsor, complete sharing my second step with him and move on before i really get out there.
i know today that tolerance leads to acceptance and today i am willing to tolerate and see what happens.
∞ DT ∞
here i am full of expectations about others, resentful at their behaviors, taking their inventories and being intolerant and unaccepting of who they are at this moment. no wonder i feel confused most of the time lately!
well thinking about tolerating and accepting others and how that relates to my self-will and the various manifestations of my insanity leads me to the conclusion that i am truly living my second step and that i am finally almost ready to make that leap of FAITH of considering a decision to let GOD take care of my life and will. do not skip over the ‘almost’, i am not really ready just almost. hopefully i will find the time to meet with my sponsor, complete sharing my second step with him and move on before i really get out there.
i know today that tolerance leads to acceptance and today i am willing to tolerate and see what happens.
∞ 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 2
2) Therefore (to guard against this), the sage keeps the left-hand
portion of the record of the engagement, and does not insist on the
(speedy) fulfilment of it by the other party. (So), he who has the
attributes (of the Tao) regards (only) the conditions of the engagement,
while he who has not those attributes regards only the conditions
favourable to himself.