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is certainly an area that i do not often think about. as i deal with the various trauma and dramas of life in the tourist mode. frustrations with how others are behaving and shifting into the judge, jury and executioner mode, seems to be where i go in a heart beat. the good news is that i may it through the past few days without needing to own any “wrongs.” i have been quite the spiritual “guru” and not to brag too much more, it is because i have a program that allows me to pause and wait for the the “heat” to pass. i GOT to and GET to let things go and accept that everyone else is doing the best they can.
moving into what i heard this morning, as i sat in the smoke-filled Athens morning was that i may actually be getting a bit better and the work i put into my recovery, is paying off. it has been quite some time since i thouught about payoffs and tradeoffs. one of those payoffs is that i am in Greece when i did not think that this trip would be poossible and yet here i am. i was whining and all angsty about my job going away and <BOOM> i may actually have landed my “dream” job. all of the change and turmoil in my life has yet to leave, but because of a spirittual principle or three, i have come to a place that i can acccept what others do, as that is just who they are. what i am feeling is a bit of graditude in the middle of the whrilwind of international travel with all sorts of differnt and often abrasive personailities, aand i am certianly part of that mix as well. i know that more opportunities will arise where i can choose a spiritual principle, rather than a hard-wired reaction to annoying or unpleasant stimuli. i also know that IF i allow myself to be serene, i will have the ability to stay serene. my traveling companions are up and about, so it is time for me to become a part of the party, just for today.

∞ DT ∞