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Tue, Nov 1, 2022 08:05:34 AM


🌋 the problems 🌤
posted: Tue, Nov 1, 2022 08:05:34 AM

 

i create for myself, are still the ones i want to reach out and ask for resolution from some power greater than i am. yes even though taking responsibility for what i do and say is part of how i live today, oftentimes, i revert to that very comfortable and familiar behavior. unlike many in the world today, i understand that when i exercise my freedom of choice, there may be a consequence or three that is not to my liking. when i get reactions that do not fit in the “story” i have told myself, then i scream about the injustice of it all. i am not sure if that is a human trait that has been warped by addiction, or something else. what i do know, it is my job to understand that as free as i may be to say and do what i wish to, i have to be willing to accept that perhaps others do not see my particular and unique point of view.
after a restless night of thinking about my online assessment once again, i have decided to take the dang thing tomorrow afternoon, with a cigar in my mouth and music screaming in my ears. i figured out the second practice problem last night about a hundred times and even though my watch tells me i slept well, i hardly feel rested at all. my head spun on that solution all night. instead ow waiting for the weekend, i am going to step away from work for a few hours tomorrow and pound away at my solution to put this Sword of Damocles far, far away. i may have another nine months here at my current position, but since i started the process of seeking another job, i might as well see it through to its conclusion.
enough about looking for an “out.” today i want to focus on the “ins” and i am in my workplace, i am ready for a day of personal skill development and i am certain that no matter what, i can accomplish what i set out to do, just for today.

∞ 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

He who in (Tao's) wars has skill
Assumes no martial port;
He who fights with most good will
To rage makes no resort.
He who vanquishes yet still
Keeps from his foes apart;
He whose hests men most fulfil
Yet humbly plies his art.

Thus we say, 'He ne'er contends,
And therein is his might.'
Thus we say, 'Men's wills he bends,
That they with him unite.'
Thus we say, 'Like Heaven's his ends,
No sage of old more bright.'