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Posted: Sat, May 9, 2015 08:22:08 AM

my confusion and find out what is really causing my pain when i put the pen to the paper. this is kind of one of those **DUH** readings for me, as i write this little ditty on a zealously daily basis, even when i do not have a whole lot of shakin' going on. HOWEVER, writing about writing about it, may not be a futile exercise in stating the fVcking obvious, as sometimes, when i am in agreement, totally and absolutely, with the the reading, i go places that i did not realize exist.
this morning, as i start to absorb the enormity of what i have done over the past 48 hours, i am still a bit shell-shocked. opening a door to my past was one of the most necessary steps i have ever taken. talking with my high school drinking buddy and compatriot, i can see that what i perceived as the social culture of that place, was not that far off the mark.that is, unfortunate not my stuff. my stuff was the attitude of superiority i carried in with me, that turned a difficult environment into a hostile one. my stuff is that i abandoned those few who did care for me, when i fled from that place. my stuff is the anger and hatred i carried in my heart for all those decades and the crippling effect it had on how i viewed the world around me, no matter how subtle it had become in the last few years. when i told Carlos, that it surprised me that this was still such a defining influence on me, way back in my FIFTH STEP, i was being honest. when i look at it now, after seeing my friend and reminiscing about the times we had together, i can see that the self-wounding and flagellation can be stopped, those people can be forgiven of any sins against me, real or imagined and i can go on with my life, stronger for the experience.
i also heard some other stuff, as we sat there with his wife, and it was always my intention of completing the amending of this relationship, through direct action. what i think we NEED to discuss and what we will actually discuss, may end-up being two entirely different things, BUT, what i know is that i need to offer a means of communication that goes beyond texting or FaceBook. as i sit in this process over the next few days, or even hours, i will feel what the next right thing to do is. right now, dang it, it is to do nothing, and that drives me NUTZ! so here i sit, writing about doing nothing. ironic isn't it, taking action by doing nothing at all.

∞ DT ∞


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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 2

1) The Tao produced One; One produced Two; Two produced Three; Three
produced All things. All things leave behind them the Obscurity (out
of which they have come), and go forward to embrace the Brightness
(into which they have emerged), while they are harmonised by the Breath
of Vacancy.