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๐Ÿ˜œ i do not ๐Ÿ˜œ

Posted: Wed, Aug 7, 2024 08:41:29 AM

have to like some behavior one of my peers may exhibit, but that does not mean we reject each other as human beings. i have to say, that no matter how much of a douche-bag asshole i was when i first got clean, no one ever told me to stop coming around, and trust me, i certainly qualified for getting kicked out. as i mature in my recovery and find the ways and means to see my peers as humans, as flawed as i am, do i move into loving the addict, regardless of how they act. that does not mean i welcome them into my home, or give them everything they may think they need, enabling them to continue doing whatever the hell they want to.
living a life of active recovery leads me into all sorts of situations where i am unsure what to do, especially with my peers with whom i may have had issues with in the past. the demagogues, the thieves, the liars and the members of the supreme recovery paradigm. i have to remember that more than once, even once i came to recovery, i fell into each and every one of those categories, sometimes more than one. coming to live in unconditional love, is easier on a daily basis, although oi will never be perfect at living in that state of grace. anyhow i got places to go and things to get accomplished, so i will put this to bed and allow myself the freedom to not have to rush willy-nilly through the rest of my morning.

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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

3) He who gets as his own all under heaven does so by giving himself
no trouble (with that end). If one take trouble (with that end), he
is not equal to getting as his own all under heaven.