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๐Ÿคช the insanity ๐Ÿ™„

Posted: Tue, Apr 20, 2021 07:32:22 AM

that reigns among my family, feels overwhelming, especially now as i deal with the issues created with the passing of my Dad. as i consider what is going on inside of me: grief, anger and resolving resentments, i have arrived at a place of tolerance, that just may be changing into accepting that they are doing the best they can with what they have. i do have an advantage here, as i have a support group that accepts that i am insane at times and gives me the strength i need to cope with my own “stuff.”
i am not one of those who judges whether or not someone is an addict, even when they seem to be displaying all the symptoms of addiction. it is true that i have been “around” long enough that i have witnessed all sorts of different ways that those who may think they belong in the rooms, use to separate themselves from actually staying clean long enough to get a sense of the freedom that i have found. i may not be any sort of “expert” on addiction, but i am becoming an expert on what drives me insane, and seeing those that i love, act out, dismiss and disrespect each other, does exactly that. living a program of recovery, may or may not be an example to them, but it certainly gives me a place where i can grow up and own the responsibilities that have been thrust upon me. just for today, i guess i will breathe, allow others to be who they are and find a place of serenity knowing that i have a POWER that will give me the opportunity to get all that i need.

∞ 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

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).