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Thu, Aug 6, 2020 08:10:55 AM
💸 material things 🏃
posted: Thu, Aug 6, 2020 08:10:55 AM
make my life comfortable and i would be lying if i stated that possessions, at least for me, do provide a bit of comfort. i may not be an all out blatant materialist, but i am still attached to my **things** and can dip into the pool of **new, bright and shiny,** to **fix** whatever it is, that i do not want to feel. that is the bad news, the good news? well, i have found a spiritual path that fits and a fitness program that allows me to continue my amends to myself, leading to a state of being that requires less and less retail therapy. after thousands of days clean, i am finally coming to the place where keeping up with my peers, is not what i am always about anymore. life in my skin is more comfortable than it has ever been and even though i am moving into that dreaded final thirty days of my annual recovery cycle, my insanity and uncertainly is at an all time low!
what i am feeling today, is a sudden urge to get some sort of a “normal” life going. i am not about to start commuting to the office, nor am i going into an enclosed space with others who choose not to follow the current CDC guidelines, but dang it all, i miss being around people. so i want something more and maybe a dive in Fantasy Football may be just the sort of diversion and social interaction i crave. getting that football moving, has put me off my daily schedule and of course, i am feeling a bit out of sorts. instead of taking my own inventory and beating myself up for not cramming everything into the time i “allotted,” i can take comfort in knowing i am doing something that might relieve a bit of the angst i feel about this never-ending new “normal.” i am after all i am powerless over a whole lot and COVID-19 is part of that package. i take what steeps i need to take. i live a life that is far from ideal, but i am still free. i take comfort in knowing that my “bubble” is safe and safe to socialize with, on a continuing basis. all of that leads me back to a program of recovery and the hugest part of what i am powerless over, ADDICTION!
so a new computer, new car or new something is not what this addict requires this morning. money is nice and having a roof over my head and food in my belly, is quite a feat, these days. worry about what may come, will serve me no good, so right here and right now, i think i will get off of Amazon, and get out to the streets to burn some calories and clear a bit of the grunge from my head. in the mean time, i am fVCKING READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL! 😁
what i am feeling today, is a sudden urge to get some sort of a “normal” life going. i am not about to start commuting to the office, nor am i going into an enclosed space with others who choose not to follow the current CDC guidelines, but dang it all, i miss being around people. so i want something more and maybe a dive in Fantasy Football may be just the sort of diversion and social interaction i crave. getting that football moving, has put me off my daily schedule and of course, i am feeling a bit out of sorts. instead of taking my own inventory and beating myself up for not cramming everything into the time i “allotted,” i can take comfort in knowing i am doing something that might relieve a bit of the angst i feel about this never-ending new “normal.” i am after all i am powerless over a whole lot and COVID-19 is part of that package. i take what steeps i need to take. i live a life that is far from ideal, but i am still free. i take comfort in knowing that my “bubble” is safe and safe to socialize with, on a continuing basis. all of that leads me back to a program of recovery and the hugest part of what i am powerless over, ADDICTION!
so a new computer, new car or new something is not what this addict requires this morning. money is nice and having a roof over my head and food in my belly, is quite a feat, these days. worry about what may come, will serve me no good, so right here and right now, i think i will get off of Amazon, and get out to the streets to burn some calories and clear a bit of the grunge from my head. in the mean time, i am fVCKING READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL! 😁
∞ DT ∞
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While the author is a member of a 12 Step recovery fellowship, these writings are not intended to endorse or express the published wisdom of any fellowship.
These writings are not meant to be socially or politically correct, and if you take issue with any opinions expressed, please seek the guidance of someone wiser than me.
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 2
4) Therefore the sage desires what (other men) do not desire, and
does not prize things difficult to get; he learns what (other men)
do not learn, and turns back to what the multitude of men have passed
by. Thus he helps the natural development of all things, and does
not dare to act (with an ulterior purpose of his own).