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Sat, Jul 1, 2006 08:55:27 AM
∞ my complicated life can be made a lot less complicated... ∞
posted: Sat, Jul 1, 2006 08:55:27 AM
... if i concentrate on a few simple things:
yes my life is full and yes i can make matters much more complicated than they need to be and yes even i get a bit stressed about how to do this life in recovery stuff (hopefully not too many of you fainted dead away with that little admission). the truth is the recipe for a simpler life that the reading talks about, does work when i allow it to work. the biggest thing in my life that mucks everything up the most is me and not the program of recovery that has given me this new life,. so i will keep in my mind what the reading is all about and try to live as simply as i can this fine saturday in july! and everyone have a safe holiday weekend!
- sharing my experience, strength, and hope with others
- regular meeting attendance
- and practicing the principles of the program in our daily lives.
yes my life is full and yes i can make matters much more complicated than they need to be and yes even i get a bit stressed about how to do this life in recovery stuff (hopefully not too many of you fainted dead away with that little admission). the truth is the recipe for a simpler life that the reading talks about, does work when i allow it to work. the biggest thing in my life that mucks everything up the most is me and not the program of recovery that has given me this new life,. so i will keep in my mind what the reading is all about and try to live as simply as i can this fine saturday in july! and everyone have a safe holiday weekend!
∞ DT ∞
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While the author is a member of a 12 Step recovery fellowship, these writings are not intended to endorse or express the published wisdom of any fellowship.
These writings are not meant to be socially or politically correct, and if you take issue with any opinions expressed, please seek the guidance of someone wiser than me.
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 1
2) May not the space between heaven and earth be compared to a bellows?
'Tis emptied, yet it loses not its power;
'Tis moved again, and sends forth air the more.
Much speech to swift exhaustion lead we see;
Your inner being guard, and keep it free.