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Fri, Jul 1, 2005 06:03:59 AM
∞ complexly simple ∞
posted: Fri, Jul 1, 2005 06:03:59 AM
ah, the perversity of the inanimate, i have been fighting computers and copiers and technology for the past twenty minutes and i can tell you i am far from serene or happy. i am angry and frustrated and need to take some action. the action i propose is just starting my day over.
DEEP BREATH -- CLOSE MY EYES and ...
now i can really think about what this morning's reading is trying to say to me.
so am is my life really that complex? is it really that hard to simplify what is going on? well for me, at least today the answers to these questions are no my life is not really that complex and no it is not that hard to simplify. i could rail on about how i have no balance in my life -- i do have some. i could whine and complain that too many people demand to much of my time -- they do not. or i could bitch that working the program and all that it entails is hardly simple -- it really is simple just always easy.
so where does that leave me?? feeling better about myself and looking how to let GOD simplify my life today. that does not mean i get to sit home and pray for miracles, i have to work, do the footwork to meet my commitments, perhaps call an addict or three and see what happens. simple? without a doubt! easy? no, not really. it is still a matter of acceptance that i am at the limit of what i can accomplish with my self-will only. so i guess it is time for to look for the right questions and let the answers come from outside of me. and for today that is more than enough!
∞ DT ∞
DEEP BREATH -- CLOSE MY EYES and ...
now i can really think about what this morning's reading is trying to say to me.
so am is my life really that complex? is it really that hard to simplify what is going on? well for me, at least today the answers to these questions are no my life is not really that complex and no it is not that hard to simplify. i could rail on about how i have no balance in my life -- i do have some. i could whine and complain that too many people demand to much of my time -- they do not. or i could bitch that working the program and all that it entails is hardly simple -- it really is simple just always easy.
so where does that leave me?? feeling better about myself and looking how to let GOD simplify my life today. that does not mean i get to sit home and pray for miracles, i have to work, do the footwork to meet my commitments, perhaps call an addict or three and see what happens. simple? without a doubt! easy? no, not really. it is still a matter of acceptance that i am at the limit of what i can accomplish with my self-will only. so i guess it is time for to look for the right questions and let the answers come from outside of me. and for today that is more than enough!
∞ 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) There is an originating and all-comprehending (principle) in my
words, and an authoritative law for the things (which I enforce).
It is because they do not know these, that men do not know me.