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Fri, Feb 12, 2016 07:27:32 AM
⌖ living ⌖
posted: Fri, Feb 12, 2016 07:27:32 AM
in the moment. okay, that was a wipe-out, as i was going for just for yesterday as i started down a very strange and twisted path. not that this one will be any better but at least i am working on the here and now, and not the past of future.
one of the men i sponsor asked me the other night, to explain the spiritual path i am currently journeying along. as briefly and as succinctly as i could, i filled him in on the vague details that feeling the presence and direction of the will of a POWER that fuels my recovery is implemented in my life. living in the here and now, i now have to move to quite a different drummer, especially as i move into my 12TH step. the path i follow, supports living in the moment, far better than any other i have experienced in my lifetime. no longer am i concerned about being punished in the future, for deeds done in my past. with that FEAR removed i am free to partake of the spiritual abundance i have been given in the here and now. sure i can wail, rip my shirt and gnash my teeth over the opportunities i missed while using and while snoozing through my early recovery. sure i can scramble, juke and jive to make opportunities for my future happen. or as the reading suggests i can live in the moment, pay attention to what is happening around me and make the most of the opportunities i am presented today. truthfully, i am worn out by all the living in the past and future tense i have done across the course of my life, and i have never said &*#8220;i am so glad i worried about that,” when an outcome is finally reached.
it seems to be one of those mornings that i am at a loss for words. that happens from time to time, and instead of continuing to fill space, i will say that i am grateful for the opportunity i have today, to be present in the here and now. life is good in the present tense.
one of the men i sponsor asked me the other night, to explain the spiritual path i am currently journeying along. as briefly and as succinctly as i could, i filled him in on the vague details that feeling the presence and direction of the will of a POWER that fuels my recovery is implemented in my life. living in the here and now, i now have to move to quite a different drummer, especially as i move into my 12TH step. the path i follow, supports living in the moment, far better than any other i have experienced in my lifetime. no longer am i concerned about being punished in the future, for deeds done in my past. with that FEAR removed i am free to partake of the spiritual abundance i have been given in the here and now. sure i can wail, rip my shirt and gnash my teeth over the opportunities i missed while using and while snoozing through my early recovery. sure i can scramble, juke and jive to make opportunities for my future happen. or as the reading suggests i can live in the moment, pay attention to what is happening around me and make the most of the opportunities i am presented today. truthfully, i am worn out by all the living in the past and future tense i have done across the course of my life, and i have never said &*#8220;i am so glad i worried about that,” when an outcome is finally reached.
it seems to be one of those mornings that i am at a loss for words. that happens from time to time, and instead of continuing to fill space, i will say that i am grateful for the opportunity i have today, to be present in the here and now. life is good in the present tense.
∞ 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
1) Man at his birth is supple and weak; at his death, firm and strong.
(So it is with) all things. Trees and plants, in their early growth,
are soft and brittle; at their death, dry and withered.