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Sun, Aug 13, 2006 09:25:30 AM
∞ i cannot change the difficult people in my life, nor can i please everyone ∞
posted: Sun, Aug 13, 2006 09:25:30 AM
BUT by applying the spiritual principles i have learned in the fellowship that has given me this new life, i can learn to love them.
well i started this a while ago but had to go deal with one of the difficult people in my life, and now am back at it. and no this was not someone in my sphere of recovery or any of the people that i have discovered I am harboring resentments toward.
....but so it goes....
i do NEED to learn how to apply the principle of unconditional love in all of my affairs and some days are better than others, today i am willing to look at what my part is in my relationships and allow myself the freedom to change. not that i really want to change how i act, on the contrary, if given my choice, i would want everyone else to change to meet my expectations and become more than they are. that way i could be more accepting of change.
unfortunately life is not like that, i have to be one that changes, and i do have power over whether i allow myself to change, grow and become more than i am. it is not in my power to change others nor is it in my power to change myself, that task is better left to a POWER MUCH GREATER THAN ME!
so this morning, i will go about my day and see what i can do to change my attitudes and behaviors, remove my expectations and see what happens.
after all today is a brand new day!
well i started this a while ago but had to go deal with one of the difficult people in my life, and now am back at it. and no this was not someone in my sphere of recovery or any of the people that i have discovered I am harboring resentments toward.
....but so it goes....
i do NEED to learn how to apply the principle of unconditional love in all of my affairs and some days are better than others, today i am willing to look at what my part is in my relationships and allow myself the freedom to change. not that i really want to change how i act, on the contrary, if given my choice, i would want everyone else to change to meet my expectations and become more than they are. that way i could be more accepting of change.
unfortunately life is not like that, i have to be one that changes, and i do have power over whether i allow myself to change, grow and become more than i am. it is not in my power to change others nor is it in my power to change myself, that task is better left to a POWER MUCH GREATER THAN ME!
so this morning, i will go about my day and see what i can do to change my attitudes and behaviors, remove my expectations and see what happens.
after all today is a brand new day!
∞ 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
1) There was something undefined and complete, coming into existence
before Heaven and Earth. How still it was and formless, standing alone,
and undergoing no change, reaching everywhere and in no danger (of
being exhausted)! It may be regarded as the Mother of all things.