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๐Ÿฑ stretching my potential ๐Ÿฒ

Posted: Tue, Mar 12, 2019 11:41:06 AM

to its fullest, by dreaming **large** once more. as i was sitting in the meeting last night, in one of those few quiet moments, it came to me that i DO have a couple things i would like to do before very long. both require getting out of my rut and starting to make a few adjustments to my life to make them happen. i want to take Kathy to Machu Picchu and i want to summit Mount Kilimanjaro. both of those are certainly events i can start the process to achieve, starting with a bit of research.
this morning has not worked out the way i planned. i ended up at work and there are roofers on my house driving my poor dawg crazy i am sure. as i sit here watching the paint dry on my task, i get to pound this little ditty out. things have been far from a “rut” in my life right now. in fact, controlled chaos seems to be the rule these days, and i am more than ready to go back to a more placid existence. change, although inevitable and constant has been throwing more than a few screwballs lately. i have been waiting for time to breathe and perhaps i should just stop holding my breath and carry on.
i also have gotten the opportunity to “ask” for something as well from my job, the ability to get away on a very “big” weekend. still have yet to get the details down about that, so a bit more chaos to deal with as i let go and breathe. the task i am supervising is taking far longer than i anticipated and as a result i am getting more and more anxious about getting it done. managing the expectations of my client, is far from my favorite task on any day, and today it feels even worse. i am getting quite the lesson in powerlessness today as i have no power on how fast this process will go. so before i really start whining, i guess it is time to fly. it is a good day to be clean.

∞ 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

1) That saying of the ancients that 'the partial becomes complete'
was not vainly spoken:--all real completion is comprehended under
it.