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Posted: Fri, Oct 13, 2006 07:11:47 AM
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!
;-) :-)) :-) :-0 :,(
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!
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!
;-) :-)) :-) :-0 :,(
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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