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Sun, Apr 18, 2021 01:43:59 PM
😳 struggling 😖
posted: Sun, Apr 18, 2021 01:43:59 PM
with shortcomings, as well seems to be a current theme in my life these days. mine are not so terribly draining, save for my desire to jump in an judge the shortcomings of those with whom i see in my life. i have been asking the POWER that fuels my recovery to open my heart to accepting them for who they are, and perhaps, just maybe, it is starting to take effect. i certainly am present enough to see how my shortcomings wear on others and finding a bit of empathy for others, whether or not they are even aware of how they are acting, is certainly a project i can undertake.
Brian T.
Congrats on FIVE(5) years clean, today.
Hope to see you soon.
Jim E.
a DECADE clean today!
Congrats my friend, glad you stayed.
∞ DT ∞
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Another Look!
↔ seeing through the seventh step ↔ 206 words ➥ Monday, April 18, 2005 by: donnot∞ looking through the seventh , i begin to see others in a less critical way ∞ 438 words ➥ Tuesday, April 18, 2006 by: donnot
∞ i begin evaluating others as i have learned to evaluate myself, ∞ 403 words ➥ Wednesday, April 18, 2007 by: donnot
μ admitting my inability to perfect myself, i wait. μ 416 words ➥ Friday, April 18, 2008 by: donnot
∞ once i am entirely ready to have my character defects removed, i am entirely ready! ∞ 685 words ➥ Saturday, April 18, 2009 by: donnot
' it is truly humbling to realize that not only am i powerless over addiction … 922 words ➥ Sunday, April 18, 2010 by: donnot
† i humbly asked the POWER THAT FUELS MY RECOVERY † 520 words ➥ Monday, April 18, 2011 by: donnot
¨ today i WILL ask the POWER that fuels my recovery to ¨ 521 words ➥ Wednesday, April 18, 2012 by: donnot
√ by admitting my inability to perfect myself, i can surrender my shortcomings √ 683 words ➥ Thursday, April 18, 2013 by: donnot
♥ i DID not experience a sudden, total relief from my defects ♥ 418 words ➥ Friday, April 18, 2014 by: donnot
∑ i understand ∑ 579 words ➥ Saturday, April 18, 2015 by: donnot
♔ as seen through ♚ 590 words ➥ Monday, April 18, 2016 by: donnot
❝ a subtle shift ❞ 334 words ➥ Tuesday, April 18, 2017 by: donnot
🏵 struggling to 🏶 573 words ➥ Wednesday, April 18, 2018 by: donnot
💀 my inability 💀 609 words ➥ Thursday, April 18, 2019 by: donnot
🌄 empathy born of humility 🌄 414 words ➥ Saturday, April 18, 2020 by: donnot
🔎 to see 🔍 419 words ➥ Monday, April 18, 2022 by: donnot
💡 searching 🧠 482 words ➥ Tuesday, April 18, 2023 by: donnot
🤔 living spiritually 🤨 462 words ➥ Thursday, April 18, 2024 by: donnot
☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 2
1) Who thinks his great achievements poor
Shall find his vigour long endure.
Of greatest fulness, deemed a void,
Exhaustion ne'er shall stem the tide.
Do thou what's straight still crooked deem;
Thy greatest art still stupid seem,
And eloquence a stammering scream.