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Fri, Apr 28, 2006 07:54:19 AM
α so who really gets better? i do! Ω
posted: Fri, Apr 28, 2006 07:54:19 AM
some days i wonder if i am really getting better, but i do not have any doubts about that today, so i can safely move on to something else. and something else is a better me today. although i am kind of dreading what i have to face today -- NEW BUSINESS! i know that those with whom i am sharing this experience with are just as passionate about what we think about the fellowship that gave us our new lives as i am. i also realize that they, like me express that passion with a vocal, seemingly confrontational manner. so what is this addict to do? well, i can twist and turn about it and get myself worked into a tizzy! or i can let go and practice the principles that are suggested at the end of the reading -- patience and tolerance.
so basically the choice of how i react to my fellow participants behaviors is mine and mine alone today. and you know, that fact in and of itself is enough to give me the freedom i need today to recover just that little bit more.
you may be wondering "wot the fuck dude, you are actually writing a blog today, did you relapse and run away to hollyweird or something?"
well the truth is, i have finally got to a place where sleeping in to avoid being part of today is not what i want to do this morning. when i woke-up i got up! which is something new and different for this week away from home. i really feel hat i have had a minor paradigm switch this morning and am actually grateful for the chance to help guide my fellowship into the future. i want to be part of that process today and am looking forward to what this day will bring. am i getting better? i must be! at least today!
so basically the choice of how i react to my fellow participants behaviors is mine and mine alone today. and you know, that fact in and of itself is enough to give me the freedom i need today to recover just that little bit more.
you may be wondering "wot the fuck dude, you are actually writing a blog today, did you relapse and run away to hollyweird or something?"
well the truth is, i have finally got to a place where sleeping in to avoid being part of today is not what i want to do this morning. when i woke-up i got up! which is something new and different for this week away from home. i really feel hat i have had a minor paradigm switch this morning and am actually grateful for the chance to help guide my fellowship into the future. i want to be part of that process today and am looking forward to what this day will bring. am i getting better? i must be! at least today!
∞ 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
2) The difficulty in governing the people arises from their having
much knowledge. He who (tries to) govern a state by his wisdom is
a scourge to it; while he who does not (try to) do so is a blessing.