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โ†” i may still feel isolated, focusing on the differences rather than the similarities โ†”

Posted: Sun, Nov 16, 2008 02:26:05 PM

the overwhelming feelings that often arise in recovery -- feelings of fear, anger, and mistrust -- can also keep me isolated. so here i sit in a service committee, waiting for it to get done. but it goes on and on, talking about the same old stuff. oh well, i do get the opportunity to serve the fellowship. but what does it really have to do with the topic of my feeling different? well, for one, i feel like i am sometimes miles away from the members in the room. so a quick note while my tenuous internet connection lasts. so off tot he races and time to pay attention to what is going on.

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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 2

2) Therefore (to guard against this), the sage keeps the left-hand
portion of the record of the engagement, and does not insist on the
(speedy) fulfilment of it by the other party. (So), he who has the
attributes (of the Tao) regards (only) the conditions of the engagement,
while he who has not those attributes regards only the conditions
favourable to himself.