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Sat, Dec 5, 2009 08:51:48 AM


∞ the truth is that i do not know if someone honestly wants to stop using ∞
posted: Sat, Dec 5, 2009 08:51:48 AM

 

because i cannot read minds or know the motives and desires of others, i simply have to hope for the best, when i carry the message, well a bit of hoop jumping this morning to get a seed, but i am here and i heard a whole lot of stuff. i am way off my routine, as i am sitting Cheyenne , sharing a room with another zonal forum member, so what i like -- peace and quiet and no human interaction for at least an hour after my first sip of coffee was not to be. i can however say that i am grateful to be here, and that regardless of the compromises i have to make to my daily routine, it certainly is just where i want to be, right here and right now.
so what is the message i can carry today, and what do i need to do when i carry it. well, the message i can carry today is one of HOPE, because i feel hopeful. i can carry the message of JOY, because i am joyful to be alive and have a life that looks to be promising. i can also carry the message of SERENITY, because , regardless of what happens today, i have the FAITH necessary to carry me through today without using. the only reason i can carry those three parts of a message is because, today, i have made the choice to stay clean and practice a program of active recovery. when i carry that message i let go of the results, i do not know who will listen and where the seed of recovery will take hold, my message, honestly shared is just one of the gifts i give back to the fellowship that allows mew to live free today.
so anyhow it is time to ge eat breakfast before heading into the CAR workshop. i am off!

∞ DT ∞

 

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☯ 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 1

1) To him who holds in his hands the Great Image (of the invisible
Tao), the whole world repairs. Men resort to him, and receive no hurt,
but (find) rest, peace, and the feeling of ease.