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Posted: Sat, Feb 1, 2020 10:06:24 AM

the consequences of my actions, still is a behavior i seem to cherish, even after a minute clean. part of me, whether it is addiction or just being human wants to get away with something. that part feels justified when i do and angry when i do not. i am not, by any means a spiritual giant of any sort, and when i choose to **act-out,** i want o skate away into obscurity not unlike a thief in the night. it is a good thing that i am committed to a program of recovery that provides a counter to the forces of chaos and destruction that are part of my make-up. each time i do the next right thing and get away with it “scot-free” i reinforce the notion that i am not a bad person trying to get “good.”

Jay T., Twenty-two (22) years clean!
Congrats, my friend.
Thank you for helping me in those early days,
when neither of us had many clues about how this is done.

what i really need to think about today, is developing trust in someone i do not “feel” is trustworthy. i think i will leave at that, as there is still a whole lot more for me to sort out. i can say that i am torn between two minds here. i want to tempt them into revealing their “true colors,” and see what happens. not exactly the most spiritual road to travel. i certainly could “get away” with that action and end up in a place of superiority as i could say “i told you so.” the fact is that i did not tell anyone so, as i have kept my reservations and prejudgements on the down-low. as a result of considering the next right thing to do, i am going to let go of what i “believe” and events to take their course, without my conscious intervention. it is after all, a good day to be a bit better of a person than i was yesterday.

∞ 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) When the mother is found, we know what her children should be.
When one knows that he is his mother's child, and proceeds to guard
(the qualities of) the mother that belong to him, to the end of his
life he will be free from all peril.