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Thu, May 16, 2024 09:26:52 AM
🤷 a personal decision 🤷
posted: Thu, May 16, 2024 09:26:52 AM
about how to run my life, more than likely is run through my 10TH and 11TH steps these days. i know that the fellowship is all about the will of a HIGHER POWER and surrendering my life into the care of that POWER. for the most part, i am well acquainted with doing just that and leaning back to allow what will be, simply be. in fact, this morning, it came upon my heart to unblock my niece and allow what will be to be in that relationship as well. i will just have to see where things lead, as i walk that path and i did make a personal decision to allow her to reach out. why? i have no idea, it just felt like the correct thing to do in that moment.
moving on, as i sat in my quiet place this morning, for the first time in days, it actually was quiet. nothing came bubbling up to the surface, popped off the stack, and no boiling pots simmered over, i felt connected to the void, which is my goal every single morning. as a result, there is not a whole lot of stuff for me to write about this morning. i am okay with how things are, right here and right now. i have moved into a place of balance, at least for right now, even if my fitness tracker tells me otherwise. i think i will peruse the inventory list one more time to see where my niece's items may have been added and let her know if and how much they sold for, even though she did not realize that an estate sales is about the estate.
moving on, as i sat in my quiet place this morning, for the first time in days, it actually was quiet. nothing came bubbling up to the surface, popped off the stack, and no boiling pots simmered over, i felt connected to the void, which is my goal every single morning. as a result, there is not a whole lot of stuff for me to write about this morning. i am okay with how things are, right here and right now. i have moved into a place of balance, at least for right now, even if my fitness tracker tells me otherwise. i think i will peruse the inventory list one more time to see where my niece's items may have been added and let her know if and how much they sold for, even though she did not realize that an estate sales is about the estate.
∞ 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) The superior man ordinarily considers the left hand the most honourable
place, but in time of war the right hand. Those sharp weapons are
instruments of evil omen, and not the instruments of the superior
man;--he uses them only on the compulsion of necessity. Calm and repose
are what he prizes; victory (by force of arms) is to him undesirable.
To consider this desirable would be to delight in the slaughter of
men; and he who delights in the slaughter of men cannot get his will
in the kingdom.