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Tue, Aug 24, 2004 04:48:21 AM
accept life
posted: Tue, Aug 24, 2004 04:48:21 AM
surrender my expectations???
look to GOD for guidance??
how about that?
i understand that as a person i can create an expectation without much effort. some of these come from culture, others from my position in life but most come from the selfish, self-centered bastard that i can be. i want MORE than i am currently getting, MORE money, MORE respect, MORE toys, MORE love and MORE serenity. i think that i am entitled to all of this and of course MORE. since i am entitled, i expect it NOW.
all of this is contrary to what i have been taught, not that i suffer from the disease of MORE, rather the idea that i am entitled to anything except the FREEDOM from active addiction. if i can go through my day practicing the spiritual principles as they have been given to me the voice of entitlement is diminished and i can be happy with what i have today, namely a life beyond my wildest expectations and a manner of living which brings me the gifts i need when i need them. and that brings me back to accepting my life just as it is now. i have a friend that constantly reminds me that until i accept and am happy with what i have, i will always be stuck in the the trap of wanting MORE and be unable to handle MORE when i get it.
so once again, it is back to basics, listening for GOD's will for me and doing my best to carry it out in the here and now
-- DT --
look to GOD for guidance??
how about that?
i understand that as a person i can create an expectation without much effort. some of these come from culture, others from my position in life but most come from the selfish, self-centered bastard that i can be. i want MORE than i am currently getting, MORE money, MORE respect, MORE toys, MORE love and MORE serenity. i think that i am entitled to all of this and of course MORE. since i am entitled, i expect it NOW.
all of this is contrary to what i have been taught, not that i suffer from the disease of MORE, rather the idea that i am entitled to anything except the FREEDOM from active addiction. if i can go through my day practicing the spiritual principles as they have been given to me the voice of entitlement is diminished and i can be happy with what i have today, namely a life beyond my wildest expectations and a manner of living which brings me the gifts i need when i need them. and that brings me back to accepting my life just as it is now. i have a friend that constantly reminds me that until i accept and am happy with what i have, i will always be stuck in the the trap of wanting MORE and be unable to handle MORE when i get it.
so once again, it is back to basics, listening for GOD's will for me and doing my best to carry it out in the here and now
-- 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.
Another Look!
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 2
3) He who acts (with an ulterior purpose) does harm; he who takes
hold of a thing (in the same way) loses his hold. The sage does not
act (so), and therefore does no harm; he does not lay hold (so), and
therefore does not lose his bold. (But) people in their conduct of
affairs are constantly ruining them when they are on the eve of success.
If they were careful at the end, as (they should be) at the beginning,
they would not so ruin them.