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Sat, Sep 4, 2004 11:30:00 AM
uncluttering
posted: Sat, Sep 4, 2004 11:30:00 AM
i never really thought about unfinished amends being clutter on my spirit, but it does make sense. anything that creates a tie to my active disease days or is something about which i feel guilty, ashamed of or is left unresolved would certainly be a bane to my contiuing spiritual growth.
i have had enough problems lately living in the here and now, mostly caused by my impending anniversary but today i am in a good space with very little care about what may or may not happen in the upcoming days. so i think i will go with the flow, take care of any simmering resentments and try my best to do the next right thing.
i have had enough problems lately living in the here and now, mostly caused by my impending anniversary but today i am in a good space with very little care about what may or may not happen in the upcoming days. so i think i will go with the flow, take care of any simmering resentments and try my best to do the next right thing.
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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!
∞ clearing the clutter ∞ 124 words ➥ Sunday, September 4, 2005 by: donnotδ a cluttered spirit is just as hard to live with as a messy home Δ 444 words ➥ Tuesday, September 4, 2007 by: donnot
α as long as i still owe amends, my spirit is cluttered with things i do not need. ω 217 words ➥ Thursday, September 4, 2008 by: donnot
† i gain a deep sense of satisfaction from making my amends † 582 words ➥ Saturday, September 4, 2010 by: donnot
⇒ carrying the extra load of an apology owed, ⇐ 831 words ➥ Sunday, September 4, 2011 by: donnot
¢ i will clear away the garbage that is cluttering my spirit ¢ 514 words ➥ Tuesday, September 4, 2012 by: donnot
• my spirit rejoices at THE freedom • 377 words ➥ Wednesday, September 4, 2013 by: donnot
» when i make amends i am doing it for myself « 799 words ➥ Thursday, September 4, 2014 by: donnot
† cluttered spirit † 757 words ➥ Friday, September 4, 2015 by: donnot
♤ tripping over ♠ 812 words ➥ Sunday, September 4, 2016 by: donnot
🛣 as long as 🛤 809 words ➥ Monday, September 4, 2017 by: donnot
👣 ignoring disorder 🐾 400 words ➥ Tuesday, September 4, 2018 by: donnot
🛠 doing it for myself 🛣 478 words ➥ Wednesday, September 4, 2019 by: donnot
🕵 waiting to 🕴 285 words ➥ Friday, September 4, 2020 by: donnot
🛠 doing the work 🛠 354 words ➥ Saturday, September 4, 2021 by: donnot
🚯 picking up after myself 🚯 476 words ➥ Sunday, September 4, 2022 by: donnot
🤔 choosing 🤔 499 words ➥ Monday, September 4, 2023 by: donnot
🤔 i GET to 🤔 427 words ➥ Wednesday, September 4, 2024 by: donnot
☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 1
2) What is meant by speaking thus of favour and disgrace? Disgrace
is being in a low position (after the enjoyment of favour). The getting
that (favour) leads to the apprehension (of losing it), and the losing
it leads to the fear of (still greater calamity):--this is what is
meant by saying that favour and disgrace would seem equally to be
feared. And what is meant by saying that honour and great calamity
are to be (similarly) regarded as personal conditions? What makes
me liable to great calamity is my having the body (which I call myself);
if I had not the body, what great calamity could come to me?