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Sat, Jun 19, 2021 10:13:50 AM
😩 finding 😜
posted: Sat, Jun 19, 2021 10:13:50 AM
the humor in any situation, is something i am striving for today. writing this as i attend my home group meeting, may seem a bit self-obsessed, but i really do not care this morning, as i want to get this done, while getting my weekly dose of male-based recovery. there was once a time when i could not see any value in a gender based meeting, these days, it is the ONLY meeting i attend on a regular basis. all kinds of humor and irony is seeing where my lack of open-mindedness drove me, even in recovery.
i have always been the sort of person who believed sarcasm and irony, were the highest form of humor. as i move into this new skin,” i am starting to feel that the absurdity of my reactions to life in general are just as humorous and i need to allow myself to laugh at that craziness. as i enjoy a cigar and pay attention to what is going down, i see that maybe, just maybe, i let go of what is not going my way and be okay with what is going in the direction i desire.
i have always been the sort of person who believed sarcasm and irony, were the highest form of humor. as i move into this new skin,” i am starting to feel that the absurdity of my reactions to life in general are just as humorous and i need to allow myself to laugh at that craziness. as i enjoy a cigar and pay attention to what is going down, i see that maybe, just maybe, i let go of what is not going my way and be okay with what is going in the direction i desire.
∞ 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
3) He who acts (with an ulterior purpose) does harm; he who takes
hold of a thing (in the same way) loses his hold. The sage does not
act (so), and therefore does no harm; he does not lay hold (so), and
therefore does not lose his bold. (But) people in their conduct of
affairs are constantly ruining them when they are on the eve of success.
If they were careful at the end, as (they should be) at the beginning,
they would not so ruin them.