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Posted: Tue, Oct 29, 2024 07:07:42 AM

me much good to pretend i am not lost, in a physical, spiritual and yes even literal sense. pride has more than once stopped me from seeking direction, as if stumbling around in circles, without a clue is a good look for anyone, least of all me. GPS and a smart phone takes care of the physical and literal sense of being lost, but can hardly help me in the spiritual sense. one of the reasons i changed sponsors was not because i was not getting what i needed form my old sponsor, it was because i felt i was hiding behind texts and phone calls. i lacked a direction and needed some feedback from a man i trusted and yet i would not ask nor make the journey south to actually see him face-to-face. i had a shit ton of excuses, rationalizations and justifications and like an asshole, all of them stank. most of all, i was in denial about how lost i really was, as i learn to navigate becoming comfortable with who i have not been.
moving forward into the now, i am feeling a little less lost and discovered a packet of grief that came charging out of the void this morning. as i move more into forgiving my Mom, i am missing her more and more. this may actually be the start of my healing process. i know i have said i forgave her, but i actually think i am, for the first, actually doing so. it is freeing to be out from under the burden of that resentment. as the holiday season approaches and i feel the loss more and more, i will not be surprised if there are more instances of this emotion surfacing. anyhow, i need to get moving into my day and i am far too distracted by work to be present for this. so it is off to see what the 'hood has to offer, as i do my tour of the morning.

∞ 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

2) In this way though he has his place above them, men do not feel
his weight, nor though he has his place before them, do they feel
it an injury to them.