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๐Ÿ‘ underplaying ๐Ÿ‘Ž

Posted: Sat, Jul 9, 2022 12:56:30 AM

the changes that have been manifest in my life, since i accepted this manner of living, is something i struggle with, from time to time. living as i did, in the dark corners of what i was, never accepting i was good enough and walking a path of deception, it is hard for me to accept that i have changed at all. in fact, what i see is what i cannot or will not accomplish as the reality of my life, instead of looking at my sucesses. i tell myself that is just the cynic within and i will “always” be that way, so i might as well go with the flow and just be that sort of “negative nellie” type of person, especially when i look at myself.
this morning, what came screaming up from the depths was resistence to beliveing wht i once accepted as the “TRUTH.” it is true that i have been a self-absorbed shit from time to time on vacation, BUT that does not meaan that i AM a self-absorbed shit. it would be so easy to slide into a pit of self-deprecation. the reading and what i heard this morning is a foil against that sort of behavior, i may not be perfect, but i am recovering and doing a helluva lot better than i might be, because i know how to live a program of recovery and have the desire to do so.

∞ 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

1) Heaven and earth do not act from (the impulse of) any wish to be
benevolent; they deal with all things as the dogs of grass are dealt
with. The sages do not act from (any wish to be) benevolent; they
deal with the people as the dogs of grass are dealt with.