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Tue, Jun 22, 2004 04:29:54 AM
self-acceptance??
posted: Tue, Jun 22, 2004 04:29:54 AM
why is it so difficult for me to let people i care for, love and trust into some places in my life?
what is the payoff for hiding?
it probably is that if i risk nothing i get nothing. i have accepted nothing for so long that the risk of trying for more seems to be unacceptable to me.
well just for today i will try and accept the risk of letting others see me for all that i am and stop hiding behind the walls. i do have the tools in my life that i need to move out of indifference and ego.
what is the payoff for hiding?
it probably is that if i risk nothing i get nothing. i have accepted nothing for so long that the risk of trying for more seems to be unacceptable to me.
well just for today i will try and accept the risk of letting others see me for all that i am and stop hiding behind the walls. i do have the tools in my life that i need to move out of indifference and ego.
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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.
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 2
3) When these two do not injuriously affect each other, their good
influences converge in the virtue (of the Tao).