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∞ it must be okay to be who i really am ∞

Posted: Sun, May 28, 2006 08:01:39 AM

so when i express myself, or an opinion there is a chance that someone will take it the wrong way or hear what they want to hear and shut out anymore discussion on the topic. well that is exactly where i am today, vacillating between giving in to something i am not quite sure i want to do, just to keep the peace, ignoring the whole situation hoping that it will go away, or stepping-up and saying something. and what exactly does this little bit of turmoil have to do with being myself and being okay with being myself?
just about everything!
the choices i make today right here and right now are based on how i feel about myself and my standing in the world. there are some activities that i have never liked to engage in , but have acquiesced to being a part of them just to keep the peace. and the reading today tells me that i do not have to do that anymore. in the long run i may agree to take part in the activity that i was asked to participate in, but it will because i have a desire, no matter how small, to ba a part of that. i am coming to the understanding that life is far too short to be carried along with the current, i do not have to fight the current, but i can work with the current to get where i want to go. and where i am going today, is a place to where i can find a bit of acceptance in being who i am phobias, dislikes, likes, neuroses, strengths and weaknesses and all.
does acceptance imply happiness? not necessarily, but it does provide the means for me to choose my battles one at a time! and for me, right now i know which battle i need to participate in.

∞ 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 2

1) All things are produced by the Tao, and nourished by its outflowing
operation. They receive their forms according to the nature of each,
and are completed according to the circumstances of their condition.
Therefore all things without exception honour the Tao, and exalt its
outflowing operation.