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Posted: Sat, Jul 2, 2022 01:02:56 AM

there is an old and oft used adage aboout not comparing the live of someone else until one hss walked several miles in their shoes. all of my life, i have compared myself to those around me and more often than not, found myself lacking. this little mind dump, hoever is not about self-esteem, it is about how well i see what is really important when i am around my peers. do i hear the messsage of recovery, even though they are “different” from me? the fact of the matter is, i am still bound by my prejudices and can jump to the conveinent tropes i have concocted about the world around me, because i choose not take the time to consider each person as an indvidual.
as i step out into a foreign country today, far from home and now time adjusted to the local time, i have to remember who is the guest here. my task is to enjoy my time, look for what is similar and see that no matter what, i need not be the royal pain in the ass, that i can be.

∞ 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 1

3) That saying of the ancients that 'the partial becomes complete'
was not vainly spoken:--all real completion is comprehended under
it.