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i am transformed by the deep satisfaction i experience when i lift the spirits of just one person.
this is one of those readings for the rest of the world to live by, after all, in recovery i live my life by spiritual principles that automagically create a kinder and gentler don, so this reading does not apply. move along nothing to see here!
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i guess it really does apply to me if i think about it. what it syas to me , is that no matter what problem i see in the world today, or even as close as my life at home, i can be a part of the solution by applying a bit of kindness in my life.
although it seems a bit far-fetched that my letting in an angry driver, who has tried to zip past a queue of cars trying to pass through a cone zone is doing anymore than validating their right to be first to wherever they happen to be going and enabling that selfish self-centered behavior. <end rant> that act, without me going into that raw and ugly judgmental bit as illustrated above, creates within me a better person because i have given something -- two car lengths -- with the expectation of nothing in return -- well honestly i do like to get that little thank you wave so i guess i am expecting something in that situation.
doing a bit of kindness, here and there is not a difficult task to accomplish as i go through my minute-by-minute life and my willingness to perform random acts of kindness can be a barometer of my spiritual state, showing me my internal weather and forecasting the storms within me. if i just act kind, without pause to think, i am probably in a good state and my interactions with the world around me, will more than likely add to the solution. if i have to consider acting kind, than something within me is not quite right and i need to apply more than a few seconds of spiritual principles to me. if i cannot see any kindness in my behavior, something is seriously wrong with me, i am the self-centered selfish asshole that was evident in my active addiction, and i am contributing to the general discord and chaos in the world around me.
so what to do? well for one finish this bit of rambling and go take care of a responsibility or three. see if i can be more than the asshole i know i can be and contribute to the solution rather than the problem. not too much to task myself with today! JUST ENOUGH!

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