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Posted: Mon, Jan 2, 2017 01:08:47 PM

filled with minor difficulties.
TAKE TWO -- minor difficulty part one -my wonderfully wise and pithy entry dropped off into the bit bucket, as i had started it several hours ago and when i went to save it, it just disappeared. whine number one is complete.
whine number two? good news, most of the pockets between my teeth and my gums healed up after the first round of treatment. bad news? well i have two oral surgeries left to complete the process before i can work on getting rid of my partial denture.
where do either of those fall into the spectrum of minor inconveniences or setbacks? probably right smack in the middle. so before i get stuck in a dang time out situation i better get this done and posted. one of the greatest gifts in my recovery process is the ability to stop, pause and wait to hear the next right thing to do. i am far from perfect in taking this sort of initiative as i want what i want and i want it right NOW!
a quick call from the sponse and all of a sudden i feel reconnected to my recovery tradition. it is not as if i drift very far away, but sometimes i feel like i am at the top of the food chain, sponsorship-wise. oh i know that making adjustments to HOW i interact with my sponsor is part of the deal here, but i am just not a phone kind of guy. in fact i hate talking on the phone. and yet, each and every time i do it, i feel better afterwards, so why the resistance? that may be a notion i need to explore as part of my daily step work over the next few days, but for now, i am once again good.
the time has come to wrap this little ditty up and put it to bed. life is good, at least right now, and i believe i can handle the little frustration, petty or otherwise that come down the pike the rest of today.

∞ 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 1

3) And when (one with the highest excellence) does not wrangle (about
his low position), no one finds fault with him.