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Posted: Thu, Aug 22, 2024 09:09:24 AM

something special and perhaps make a difference in the lives of those around me, is certainly a lofty and noble goal for this morning. it is certainly better with getting away with something, because i keep my stuff on the down-low. when i got clean and first started this recovery gig, my daily goal was to reduce the damage i left in my wake. stepping up to serve the fellowship was not out of altruism. it was a reaction to my very low self-worth and self-esteem, as i believed, quite wrongly, that my value was based on the opinions of others. i find myself spinning down a similar rabbit hole as i approach ten thousand followers on Twitter. all of a sudden my self-esteem is based on the number of interactions i have with that community and i find myself craving more and more. what i uncovered last night as i sat and listened to my daily inventory is that the number of interactions i have is irrelevant to my worth and if i change the mind of just one person or brighten the day their day, then i have certainly had a good day on the platform.
after three nights of being a political creature, i am ready to get back to my life, albeit with a new desire to carry a message of HOPE for the future and the dismantling of the whole MAGAt movement. as i listened to those speakers, many making grand promises, what came across far stronger was a vision of tomorrow that includes HOPE. they have been a little too religious for my taste, but they were not pushy about their FAITH. as a registered independent voter, for me the choice is clear and i will leave that research to those who read this on Twitter, as i certainly do not hide my inclinations.
coming back into my recovery life, i can see how politics affect me and my serenity and in the long run, i may end up being fired by a sponsee over our political differences. i have FAITH in science and the scientific method. i have run my recovery as one huge experiment since the day i got clean. i try out new ideas and theories and pith those that do not work. i am certainly glad that no one suggested that i attempt and experiment in “controlled using,” as i may have not made it back into recovery again. it is as i have often said, i know i have at least one more use in me, i do not know if i have another recovery, so the easier softer way is to stay clean, just for today.

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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

2) Let the kingdom be governed according to the Tao, and the manes
of the departed will not manifest their spiritual energy. It is not
that those manes have not that spiritual energy, but it will not be
employed to hurt men. It is not that it could not hurt men, but neither
does the ruling sage hurt them.