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Posted: Tue, Apr 8, 2025 07:42:53 AM

been improved by people who could not seem to take their own advice. been there, done that, got more than one T-shirt. this morning, as i arrived at work, i found that i was locked out of the floor on which i work. the drive in, had one major event and my water bottle, disconnected my phone, so i wonder, if i am missing something, this morning. i could log on to the corporate network, so i am going to wait and not twist and turn about what may or may not be. i am going to listen to my gut and be okay, pending further investigation.
as to what i heard this morning, well what bubbled up from the depths were the words my sponsor left me, after going over my step work -- seek to see the patterns that drive me to the “should have known better” internal conversations. what i am starting to get a clue about, is that when i am judgmental about others and throw them under the bus of a negative term such as over-entitled assholes, i start the process of judging myself quite harshly, as well. i guess this is the start of the paradigm shift that this set of steps may be driving. i am going to listen to that voice, not the one that says i should have, but the one that says, can i treat myself better and what do i need to change to do so, just for today.

∞ 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) Constant action overcomes cold; being still overcomes heat. Purity
and stillness give the correct law to all under heaven.