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Thu, Mar 17, 2005 05:48:29 AM
↔ courage and recovery ↔
posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 05:48:29 AM
do i have the courage to recover? some days it feels i do not even have the courage to get out of bed! i know that courage does not equal lack of FEAR. i also know when i feel FEARLESS about something it does not necessarily mean that i am practicing courage. so, for me, is facing my fear and walking through it, regardless of what it entails. so far, no situation i have had to face since i started recover has killed me, even though at the time it felt that it would. i do not know where the line will be crossed where the FEAR of proceeding will be stronger than my determination to see this through. i do know that if i want to continue to grow my recovery i will have to continue to face my demons and fears and move forward and have the FAITH that on the other side i will be a better person.
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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.
Another Look!
α allowing fear to paralyze me? Ω 423 words ➥ Friday, March 17, 2006 by: donnotα before coming to FELLOWSHIP, i thought i was brave simply because i had never experienced much fear. ω 452 words ➥ Saturday, March 17, 2007 by: donnot
δ finding my courage in drugs has nothing to do with the way i live my life today … 481 words ➥ Monday, March 17, 2008 by: donnot
∞ when i permit my fear to stop my growth, i will be defeated. ∞ 569 words ➥ Tuesday, March 17, 2009 by: donnot
∉ i drugged all my feelings, fear among them, until i was convinced … 644 words ➥ Wednesday, March 17, 2010 by: donnot
¢ those who make it through the dark and trying times ¢ 510 words ➥ Thursday, March 17, 2011 by: donnot
℘ true courage is not the absence of fear ℘ 320 words ➥ Saturday, March 17, 2012 by: donnot
¬ i had convinced myself that i was ¬ 519 words ➥ Sunday, March 17, 2013 by: donnot
∏ most of my fears today, are natural, even healthy. ∏ 531 words ➥ Monday, March 17, 2014 by: donnot
√ when i realize i am feeling frightened, √ 554 words ➥ Tuesday, March 17, 2015 by: donnot
☯ true courage ☸ 596 words ➥ Thursday, March 17, 2016 by: donnot
🙈 i often thought 🙉 721 words ➥ Friday, March 17, 2017 by: donnot
🌫 permitting my fear 🌫 507 words ➥ Saturday, March 17, 2018 by: donnot
🚶 the willingness 🚶 526 words ➥ Sunday, March 17, 2019 by: donnot
👊 making it through 👊 625 words ➥ Tuesday, March 17, 2020 by: donnot
🍀 doing the NEEDFUL 🍀 543 words ➥ Wednesday, March 17, 2021 by: donnot
🛌 allowing fear 🚘 529 words ➥ Thursday, March 17, 2022 by: donnot
🤨 service is 🤦 224 words ➥ Friday, March 17, 2023 by: donnot
🪄 growing in recovery, 🪄 476 words ➥ Sunday, March 17, 2024 by: donnot
☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 2
3) Their court(-yards and buildings) shall be well kept, but their
fields shall be ill-cultivated, and their granaries very empty. They
shall wear elegant and ornamented robes, carry a sharp sword at their
girdle, pamper themselves in eating and drinking, and have a superabundance
of property and wealth;--such (princes) may be called robbers and
boasters. This is contrary to the Tao surely!