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Posted: Sat, Oct 28, 2017 08:52:43 AM

i do, seems to be working against me and i just cannot seem to catch a break, then i NEED to stop, take a breath and listen to what it is i am feeling. once upon a time, that would have been frustration, anger teetering on the edge of rage, and mule-headed stubbornness, to make the outcome exactly as i desired. it is not that i am all that much better theses days, as this default and familiar behavior is still in my repertoire of actions i want to take. my takeaway this morning is that even though i MAY want to act that scenario out, i do NOT have to do so.
today, i have a choice, and default, familiar or old, no matter how i choose to label any of the actions i may take,no longer need to be where i go. as my reaction time to the various events in my life lengthens, i can be more loving, more kind and certainly less vengeful and ready to spew the shite i may be feeling, all over the landscape, infecting everyone with a little drop of my vile and pernicious poison. work has been especially tough for me these days. as it is NOT what i want to be doing and i lack any passion at all for what they pay me very well to do. it is my customers and co-workers that get the brunt of the pile of gooey pus i feel towards my job and as i take the next 10 days away form the office, i may get the perspective i need to get become more accepting and tolerant of my current situation. not quite a spot inventory, but certainly a way for me to assess where i am and where i want to be going.
right now? well i am wrapping this up and getting ready to head on over to Boulder for a nosh with friends and a meeting. not sure what this day will bring, but i know that IF i pay attention to what i am feeling, i may just get through it, without hammering everyone and everything that appears to be getting in my way.

∞ 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

2) In this way though he has his place above them, men do not feel
his weight, nor though he has his place before them, do they feel
it an injury to them.