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๐Ÿ˜Ž i am learning ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Posted: Mon, Sep 15, 2025 11:17:49 AM

to trust my intuition and honor my feelings. when i consider honor, which was the spiritual principle of the day from my source material, i get more than a little confused. honor can mean so many things, like having honor, being honored or acting in an honorable manner. what i took from my source material was that, what i need to do is honor the program,literature and wisdom of my predecessors in recovery and do my best to pass it on. that does not mean, word for word, detail for detail, exactly as some of my peers seem to think, but to add my own experience, strength and hope to what i pass on, as i am more than sure they did.
moving into the here and now, it seems that COVID may be active in my household and i need to stop and get some “fresh” tests to verify that finding. not that i really want to alter my life to accommodate the rest of the world, but if i test positive i will have to do exactly that, BUMMER! life will go on, there is not a whole lot happening that requires me to be out and about, and i have no symptoms that will affect my physical fitness program, so to be very redundant, my life will go on.
today, is my last day of job searching in my field. after today, it will be McJob time and i am putting in an application at the cigar lounge, after today's round of online application submittals. for me, anyhow, as i get used to being retired and adding that to my identity, i can and will be more than a bit confused about who i am becoming. as a result, i will have to drop back into honoring what my predecessors have given me and let go of my expectations of what stuff “should” look like.

∞ 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 1

6) Now propriety is the attenuated form of leal-heartedness and good
faith, and is also the commencement of disorder; swift apprehension
is (only) a flower of the Tao, and is the beginning of stupidity.