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๐Ÿ’€ through step work, ๐Ÿ’ซ

Posted: Sat, Jul 12, 2025 09:11:20 AM

i reveal my self-centered tendencies and find strategies to address them. this week has been an interesting one for me. one day i do everything correctly, take responsibility and move forward and the next i am complete mess that cannot do anything correctly, no matter how much effort i put into the task at hand. it has been one helluva a ride that ended up this morning with me sleeping in and foregoing my morning workout. i was not powerless over that decision, as i did roll over at five fifteen and decide to close my eyes, instead of rising to meet the world. certainly no victim in this situation and as i look at the past week, what went well and what did not, i see there are certainly no victims in any of the decisions i made, even though one of them blew everything up.
the reading spoke of a “fine line” between control and responsibility and i am not sure that at this point in my recovery journey, that line is as faint as some folks make it out to be. i almost always know what i am responsible for and take action, with no expectations of outcomes. maybe not almost always, but certainly more time than not. i see where i have power and where i do not and as i get good and ready to work my THIRD STEP, i see where i am headed, which right here and right now, is over to Boulder to participate in my home group and hang with a few of my friends and peers.

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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) Tao when nursed within one's self,
His vigour will make true;
And where the family it rules
What riches will accrue!
The neighbourhood where it prevails
In thriving will abound;
And when 'tis seen throughout the state,
Good fortune will be found.
Employ it the kingdom o'er,
And men thrive all around.