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Sat, Apr 8, 2006 06:18:50 AM
α finding happiness in my involvement with ... Ω
posted: Sat, Apr 8, 2006 06:18:50 AM
so why you may ask, do i find solace in a reading about seeking happiness when i find myself having less and less involvement with the fellowship? well for one, it reminds of one of the sources of happiness in my life and one that i need to once again find the time to nourish. it also provides a bit of direction for my activities over the next couple of weeks. instead of dreading a week of service meetings far from my home, i will look forward to them with joyous anticipation. after all it is not a burden to serve my fellowship it is an honor and a privilege. the time has come for me to once again do my best to balance work, personal responsibilities, recovery and service to the fellowship because all are necessary for my happiness and continued recovery. so i will happily serve my fellowship at our assembly today and be present for what ever i need to be present for.
∞ DT ∞
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.
Another Look!
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 1
2) The multitude of men look satisfied and pleased; as if enjoying
a full banquet, as if mounted on a tower in spring. I alone seem listless
and still, my desires having as yet given no indication of their presence.
I am like an infant which has not yet smiled. I look dejected and
forlorn, as if I had no home to go to. The multitude of men all have
enough and to spare. I alone seem to have lost everything. My mind
is that of a stupid man; I am in a state of chaos. Ordinary men look
bright and intelligent, while I alone seem to be benighted. They look
full of discrimination, while I alone am dull and confused. I seem
to be carried about as on the sea, drifting as if I had nowhere to
rest. All men have their spheres of action, while I alone seem dull
and incapable, like a rude borderer. (Thus) I alone am different from
other men, but I value the nursing-mother (the Tao).