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Tue, May 9, 2006 05:08:54 AM


∞ the physical action of writing that helps ∞
posted: Tue, May 9, 2006 05:08:54 AM

 

i have often wondered why every time i have a problem, when i write about it, i seem to get clarity. this is a fact for me and without a doubt works. something bout picking up a pen and writing down what is really going on, provides a release regardless of what seems to be going on. if i am holding on to something that i am powerless over, i write out my feelings, thoughts, frustrations and concerns and drop it into my HP box and i instantly feel less twisted about that particular issue. feeling resentful? once again the best cure for me is to write out my feelings and venom and share that little bit of poison penmanship with a closed-mouthed friend or my sponsor and my part becomes clear. worried about the future or a person that i am close to? a bit of writing about those feelings seems to restore my FAITH that everything will work out. living in character defects, a formal tenth step writing session raises my awareness and provides the means to surrender my shortcomings to my HIGHER POWER. in fact, no matter what seems to be going on inside of me, a little writing session seems to relieve me of most of the negative and counter-productive thought processes.
the more i think about the power of writing in my life, the more grateful i become that i have that tool available to me and the more curious i become about why i resist doing the action it takes to start whatever process needs to be started. not that life presents me with so many daily challenges that i could be writing twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, but like just about everyone else i know who shares this path with me, i do face issues and concerns often enough that writing about it should be second nature by now. but the fact is that writing about an issue is usually the last thing i try. after all, i am only human and acceptance and surrender have yet to become my instant reaction, well there still is hope that one day they will, and then i can write about that too!

∞ DT ∞

 

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☯ 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 2

2) (The infant's) bones are weak and its sinews soft, but yet its
grasp is firm. It knows not yet the union of male and female, and
yet its virile member may be excited;--showing the perfection of its
physical essence. All day long it will cry without its throat becoming
hoarse;--showing the harmony (in its constitution).