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Posted: Tue, May 19, 2020 07:39:47 AM

twenty-four hours is certainly an interesting slice of time for me to consider, especially since i got all bent out of shape about what one of my peers shared three days ago. what i did not want to share at the meeting yesterday was that i was **triggered** by a story that haunted me for the first fifteen years of my recovery. looking at my reaction to an innocuous statement, stripped of all context and taken as a personal affront to me, i could see yesterday, that it was all about distracting me from the uncertainty i feel, as i wait for the results of my biopsy. the world is against me, GOD's plan for me is to be miserably sick and any reservations i once thought i had dealt with, are popping up all over the place. as i looked at my actions and my feelings last night, i still was full of angst and conflict, leading to a less than satisfactory night of sleep. as i sat and listened this morning, i felt that i am making a mountain out of this molehill and letting go and being okay with not knowing, is a task i can set my mind to. the time has come to practice a bit of FAITH and allow what will be, to be.
i am not sure what else i need to put down in bits and bytes this morning. i have worn myself out with worry and anxiety, but still have the desire to stay clean, one more day. i have a long day before me, some letters to write, late night work to prepare for and a need to pound some steps out, in the early morning light. i guess it is a good day to be clean and i can certainly start with the fact that, just for today, i ham alive and capable of making choices and decisions that will affect my in a manner that fosters my growth into the person i have always wanted to be. for right now, that is more than enough.

∞ 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.